René Émard

René Émard
Member of Parliament for Vaudreuil
In office 25 June 1968 – 29 October 1972
Preceded by	Riding created
Succeeded by	Hal Herbert
Member of Parliament for Vaudreuil—Soulanges
In office 8 April 1963 – 24 June 1968
Preceded by	Marcel Bourbonnais
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Personal details
Born	(1914-09-01)1 September 1914 Châteauguay, Quebec, Canada
Died	7 June 1984(1984-06-07) (aged 69)
Political party	Liberal
Profession	unionist

René Émard (1 September 1914 – 7 June 1984) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Châteauguay, Quebec and worked as a unionist. He served during the Second World War in the Régiment de Maisonneuve and the Régiment de la Chaudière. He was a member of the Canadian occupation force in the Netherlands.

He was first elected in the riding of Vaudreuil—Soulanges in the 1963 general election and re-elected there in 1965. In the 1968 election, he was elected to a third term in the district of Vaudreuil. Émard retired from Parliament in 1972. He served as mayor of L'Île-Perrot, Quebec from 1977 to 1981.

Electoral record

1968 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	René Émard	29,830
	Progressive Conservative	Harold G. Fairhead	7,654
	New Democratic	Maurice Daviau	2,905

1963 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	René Émard	8,639	49.75	+3.72
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Marcel Bourbonnais	6,031	34.73	-12.81
	Social Credit	Marcel Lessard	2,340	13.48	+7.05
	Independent	Gérard Raymond	354	2.04
Total valid votes			17,364	100.00

1962 Canadian federal election: Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Marcel Bourbonnais	8,392	47.54	-5.33
	Liberal	Pierre Léger	8,126	46.03	-1.09
	Social Credit	Gabriel Godin	1,135	6.43
Total valid votes			17,653	100.00

External links

• René Émard – Parliament of Canada biography