Prosper Boulanger
Prosper Boulanger | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mercier | |
In office 1962 – 1979 | |
Preceded by | André Gillet |
Succeeded by | Céline Hervieux-Payette |
Personal details | |
Born | November 17, 1918 St-Eugène de l'Islet, Quebec, Canada |
Died | December 5, 2002 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Liberal |
Occupation | businessman |
Website | *Prosper Boulanger – Parliament of Canada biography |
Prosper Boulanger (born November 17, 1918 in St-Eugène de l'Islet, Quebec, - died December 5, 2002) was a Canadian politician and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1962 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Mercier. He was re-elected in 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972 and 1974. During his political career, he was Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and also a member of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Forestry and the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and Organization and served as Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole. Boulanger was also a councillor on the Montreal City Council and also served in the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1939 and 1946.