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Louis-Étienne Parent

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Louis-Étienne Parent
Member of Parliament
for Terrebonne
In office
July 1930 – March 1940
Preceded byJules-Édouard Prévost
Succeeded byLionel Bertrand
Personal details
Born(1875-08-21)21 August 1875
Grenville, Quebec
Died24 May 1960(1960-05-24) (aged 84)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Perrault
m. 19 September 1898[1]
Professionindustrialist, lumber merchant

Louis-Étienne Parent (21 August 1875 – 24 May 1960) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Grenville, Quebec and became an industrialist and lumber merchant.

Parent attended Plateau Academy in Montreal and was also privately educated.[1]

Parent was mayor of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec from 1906 to 1931. In 1929, he was also President of the Lumber Merchants Association of Quebec.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Terrebonne riding in the 1930 general election then re-elected in 1935. He was defeated in the 1940 election by Lionel Bertrand, an independent Liberal candidate.

Electoral record

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1940 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Lionel Bertrand 7,839 44.9
Liberal Louis-Étienne Parent 6,938 39.8 -25.3
National Government Léopold Lachapelle 2,668 15.3 -11.9
Total valid votes 17,445 100.0

Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.

1935 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis-Étienne Parent 9,900 65.1 +8.9
Conservative Léopold Nantel 4,141 27.2 -16.6
Liberal Eugène Léveillé 1,172 7.7
Total valid votes 15,213 100.0
1930 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Louis-Étienne Parent 8,609 56.1 -19.5
Conservative Guillaume-André Fauteux 6,727 43.9 +19.5
Total valid votes 15,336 100.0

References

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  1. ^ a b c Normandin, A.L. (1936). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
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