René Jutras

René Jutras
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Provencher
In office 1940–1957
Preceded by	Arthur-Lucien Beaubien
Succeeded by	Warner Jorgenson
Personal details
Born	(1913-09-30)September 30, 1913 Letellier, Manitoba
Died	December 23, 1995(1995-12-23) (aged 82) Ottawa, Ontario
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	University of Manitoba

René Jutras (September 30, 1913 – December 23, 1995) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Letellier, Manitoba, the son Joseph Jutras and Clara Blais, he attended St. Boniface College and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba. During World War II, he served in the Royal Canadian Air Force. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Provencher in the 1940 federal election. A Liberal, he served until he was defeated in the 1957 election.

Electoral history

1957 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Warner Jorgenson	4,739	35.2	+13.8
	Liberal	René Jutras	4,489	33.3	-32.6
	Social Credit	Hugh M. Campbell	3,992	29.6	+17.0
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Charles Biesick	246	1.8	–
Total valid votes			13,466	100.0

1953 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	René Jutras	6,632	66.0	+2.9
	Progressive Conservative	Abram J. Thiessen	2,151	21.4	–
	Social Credit	Wilbert Tinkler	1,269	12.6	–
Total valid votes			10,052	100.0

1949 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	René Jutras	6,834	63.0	+23.3
	Independent	Bruce MacKenzie	4,008	37.0	–
Total valid votes			10,842	100.0

1945 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	René Jutras	4,541	39.7	+8.9
	Independent	Leo Arthur Slater	2,220	19.4	-7.8
	Social Credit	Paul Prince	1,940	17.0	+10.1
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Alexander Duncan Miller	1,838	16.1	+9.2
	Progressive Conservative	Dalton Madill Boyd	894	7.8	-4.0
Total valid votes			11,433	100.0

Note: Progressive Conservative vote is compared to "National Government" vote in 1940 election. Social Credit vote is compared to New Democracy vote in 1940 election.

1940 Canadian federal election: Provencher
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	René Jutras	3,768	30.8	-31.9
	Independent	Leo A. Slater	3,329	27.2	–
	Independent	Harry Matthew Podolsky	1,765	14.4	–
	National Government	William Richard Johnston	1,441	11.8	-25.5
	New Democracy	Albert Banville	1,099	9.0	–
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Évariste Rupert Gagnon	841	6.9	–
Total valid votes			12,243	100.0

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