Claude-Gilles Gosselin
Claude-Gilles Gosselin | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Compton | |
In office 1957–1970 | |
Preceded by | Philodor Ouimet |
Succeeded by | Joseph-Omer Dionne |
Personal details | |
Born | East Angus, Quebec | March 12, 1924
Died | August 18, 2016 | (aged 92)
Political party | Union Nationale |
Claude-Gilles Gosselin (March 12, 1924 – August 18, 2016) was a Canadian politician from Quebec.[1]
Background
[edit]Gosselin was born in East Angus and was a stock farmer.
Member of the legislature
[edit]Gosselin supported the Union Nationale. He won a by-election in 1957 and became the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the district of Compton.
He was re-elected in 1960, but his party lost the election against Jean Lesage's Liberals. Gosselin supported Jean-Jacques Bertrand over Daniel Johnson Sr. during the party leadership convention held in Quebec City on September 23, 1961.
Gosselin was re-elected in 1962 and 1966, but was defeated in 1970.
Federal politics
[edit]He ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the district Mégantic-Compton-Stanstead in 1979, but finished a distant third.
Retirement
[edit]After he retired from politics, Gosselin had a career in the private sector.
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.