Léonard Tremblay
The Hon. Léonard Tremblay | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Dorchester | |
In office October 14, 1935 – June 11, 1953 | |
Preceded by | Onésime Gagnon |
Succeeded by | Robert Perron |
Senator for Lauzon, Quebec | |
In office June 12, 1953 – September 2, 1965 | |
Appointed by | Louis St. Laurent |
Preceded by | Eugène Paquet |
Succeeded by | Jean-Paul Deschatelets |
Personal details | |
Born | Léonard-David Sweezey Tremblay 16 April 1896 Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada |
Died | 19 September 1968 | (aged 72)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Beatrice Cote m. 17 May 1920[1] |
Profession | journalist, public servant |
Léonard-David Sweezey Tremblay (16 April 1896 – 19 September 1968) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec and became a journalist and public servant by career.
Tremblay was educated at Lauzon College and served in both World War I and World War II.[1] He was first elected to Parliament at the Dorchester riding in the 1935 general election then re-elected there in 1940, 1945 and 1949. The margin of victory of the 1949 election was particularly small, as Progressive Conservative candidate Gérard Corriveau trailed by 221 votes.[2]
At the end of the 21st Canadian Parliament in June 1953, Tremblay was appointed to the Senate under the Lauzon division and remained in the Senate until September 1965.
References
- ^ a b Normandin, Pierre G. (1952). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- ^ Bain, George (6 August 1953). "Quebec Prospect: PC's See Victory in Dorchester". The Globe and Mail. p. 13.
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