Louis-Étienne Parent
Louis-Étienne Parent | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Terrebonne | |
| In office July 1930 – March 1940 | |
| Preceded by | Jules-Édouard Prévost |
| Succeeded by | Lionel Bertrand |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 August 1875 Grenville, Quebec |
| Died | 24 May 1960 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Perrault m. 19 September 1898[1] |
| Profession | industrialist, lumber merchant |
Louis-Étienne Parent (21 August 1875 – 24 May 1960) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Grenville, Quebec and became an industrialist and lumber merchant.
Parent attended Plateau Academy in Montreal and was also privately educated.[1]
Parent was mayor of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec from 1906 to 1931. In 1929, he was also President of the Lumber Merchants Association of Quebec.[1]
He was first elected to Parliament at the Terrebonne riding in the 1930 general election then re-elected in 1935. He was defeated in the 1940 election by Lionel Bertrand, an independent Liberal candidate.
Electoral record
[edit]| 1940 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Lionel Bertrand | 7,839 | 44.9 | |||||
| Liberal | Louis-Étienne Parent | 6,938 | 39.8 | -25.3 | ||||
| National Government | Léopold Lachapelle | 2,668 | 15.3 | -11.9 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 17,445 | 100.0 | ||||||
Note: "National Government" vote is compared to Conservative vote in 1935 election.
| 1935 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis-Étienne Parent | 9,900 | 65.1 | +8.9 | ||||
| Conservative | Léopold Nantel | 4,141 | 27.2 | -16.6 | ||||
| Liberal | Eugène Léveillé | 1,172 | 7.7 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 15,213 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election: Terrebonne | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis-Étienne Parent | 8,609 | 56.1 | -19.5 | ||||
| Conservative | Guillaume-André Fauteux | 6,727 | 43.9 | +19.5 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 15,336 | 100.0 | ||||||
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