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Rodrigue Bourdages

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Rodrigue Bourdages
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Laval
In office
1958–1962
Preceded byLéopold Demers
Succeeded byJean-Léo Rochon
Personal details
Born(1923-10-22)22 October 1923
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died12 October 1997(1997-10-12) (aged 73)
Political partyIndependent (1957-1958)
Progressive Conservative Party (1958-)
Occupationcontractor

Rodrigue Bourdages (22 October 1923 – 12 October 1997) was a Canadian politician and contractor. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1958 to represent the riding of Laval. He was defeated in the 1957 election as an independent candidate and as a PC candidate in 1962.

1962 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Jean-Léo Rochon 36,248 49.5 +3.3
Progressive Conservative J.-Rodrigue Bourdages 22,843 31.2 -16.3
New Democratic Louis-Ph. Lecours 5,302 7.2 +3.3
Independent Liberal Adrien Bonin 4,513 6.2
Social Credit Léopold Mercier 4,294 5.9
Total valid votes 73,200 100.0
1958 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Conservative Rodrigue Bourdages 26,076 47.5 +34.8
Liberal Léopold Demers 25,363 46.2 -14.4
Co-operative Commonwealth Jacques Champagne 2,165 3.9 +1.2
Independent PC Alexandre Joly 796 1.5
Independent Liberal Arthur Prévost 476 0.9
Total valid votes 54,876 100.0
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