Raymond Eudes

The Hon. Raymond Eudes
Senator from De Lorimier, Quebec
In office 8 April 1968 – 25 October 1980
Appointed by	Lester B. Pearson
Preceded by	Thomas Vien
Succeeded by	Philippe Gigantès
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hochelaga
In office 1940–1965
Preceded by	Édouard-Charles St-Père
Succeeded by	Gérard Pelletier
Personal details
Born	Raymond Pierre Eudes (1912-10-10)10 October 1912 Montreal, Quebec
Died	25 October 1980(1980-10-25) (aged 68)
Political party	Liberal
Profession	lawyer

Raymond Pierre Eudes (10 October 1912 – 25 October 1980) was a French Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was a lawyer before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Hochelaga in the 1940 election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, and 1963. He stepped down for the 1965 election to allow Gérard Pelletier to run. He was summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1968 representing the senatorial division of De Lorimier, Quebec. He served until his death in 1980.

Electoral record

1963 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Eudes	13,093	46.36	-4.09
	Social Credit	Fernand Bourret	7,535	26.68	+17.60
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Marius Heppell	3,892	13.78	-15.92
	New Democratic	Arthur Lamoureux	3,394	12.02	+2.57
	Communist	Jeannette Pratte	327	1.16	-0.17
Total valid votes			28,241	100.00

1962 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Eudes	13,220	50.45	-2.21
	Progressive Conservative	Yvon Groulx	7,784	29.70	-10.78
	New Democratic	Noël Langlois	2,475	9.44	+5.37
	Social Credit	Robert Leblanc	2,379	9.08
	Communist	Samuel Walsh	347	1.32	-1.46
Total valid votes			26,205	100.00

1958 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Eudes	16,706	52.65	-23.28
	Progressive Conservative	Benoît Gonthier	12,845	40.48	+25.52
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Armand Sauvé	1,294	4.08	+1.15
	Labor–Progressive	Camille Dionne	883	2.78	-3.39
Total valid votes			31,728	100.00

1957 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Eudes	20,611	75.93	-0.36
	Progressive Conservative	Benoît Gonthier	4,063	14.97	-0.40
	Labor–Progressive	Gérard Fortin	1,675	6.17	+2.70
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Lucien Pépin	796	2.93	-1.95
Total valid votes			27,145	100.00

1953 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Eudes	19,467	76.29	+8.93
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Jodoin	3,921	15.37	-11.11
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Roger Beaudin	1,245	4.88
	Labor–Progressive	Camille Dionne	885	3.47
Total valid votes			25,518	100.00

1949 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Eudes	17,633	67.36	+5.11
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph-Omer Ravary	6,930	26.47	+20.35
	Union des électeurs	Roméo Dagenais	1,615	6.17	+4.69
Total valid votes			26,178	100.00

1945 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Eudes	22,444	62.25	+8.42
	Bloc populaire	Raymond Godin	7,915	21.95
	Independent	Jean-Paul Chauvin	2,264	6.28	-23.02
	Progressive Conservative	Achille Dubeau	2,208	6.12	-6.81
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Noël-Émile Bourassa	692	1.92
	Social Credit	Léopold Gendron	533	1.48
Total valid votes			36,056	100.00

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Raymond Eudes	16,849	53.83	-10.77
	Independent Liberal	Jean-Paul Chauvin	9,172	29.30
	National Government	Achille Dubeau	4,049	12.94	+1.26
	Independent Liberal	Richard Thibault	1,230	3.93
Total valid votes			31,300	100.00

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

External links

• Raymond Eudes – Parliament of Canada biography