Candide Rochefort

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Template:Short description Template:Use Canadian English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Candide Rochefort (February 8, 1904 – June 24, 1971) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]

Early life

He was born on February 8, 1904, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec and became a brick mason.

City politics

Rochefort ran for Mayor of Montreal in 1936 and 1938 and each time finished a distant third.

Member of the legislature

He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Montréal–Sainte-Marie in the 1935 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Gaspard Fauteux. Rochefort joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Mayor of Montreal Camillien Houde in the 1939 election.

Death

He died on June 24, 1971, in Montreal.

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