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Albert Lavigne

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Albert Peter Lavigne
Member of Parliament
for Stormont
In office
November 1954 – March 1958
Preceded byLionel Chevrier
Succeeded byGrant Campbell
Personal details
Born
Albert Peter Lavigne

(1908-10-09)9 October 1908
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Died5 June 1962(1962-06-05) (aged 53)
Political partyLiberal
Professionretail merchant

Albert Peter Lavigne (9 October 1908 – 5 June 1962) was a Canadian businessman and politician. Lavigne was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Cornwall, Ontario and became a retail merchant by career.

He was first elected at the Stormont riding in a by-election on 8 November 1954, then re-elected there in the 1957 federal election. He was defeated in the 1958 election by Grant Campbell of the Progressive Conservative party after serving his only full federal term, the 23rd Canadian Parliament.

Electoral record

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By-election: On Mr. Chevrier being appointed President of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority, 8 November 1954: Stormont
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
  Liberal Albert Lavigne 11,441
  Progressive Conservative Donald Robert Dick 11,091
1957 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party Candidate Votes
  Liberal Albert Lavigne 12,505
  Progressive Conservative Grant Campbell 10,215
Social Credit Melvin Andrew Rowat 646
1958 Canadian federal election: Stormont
Party Candidate Votes
  Progressive Conservative Grant Campbell 13,964
  Liberal Albert Lavigne 11,977
Social Credit Melvin Andrew Rowat 331
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