Rodrigue Bourdages
Rodrigue Bourdages (October 22, 1923 – October 12, 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 | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||
Rodrigue Bourdages | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Laval | |
| In office 1958–1962 | |
| Preceded by | Léopold Demers |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Léo Rochon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 22, 1923 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Died | October 12, 1997 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Independent (1957-1958) Progressive Conservative Party (1958-) |
| Occupation | contractor |
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