Joseph-Alfred Mongrain | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Trois-Rivières | |
| In office 1965–1970 | |
| Preceded by | Léon Balcer |
| Succeeded by | Claude Lajoie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 28, 1908 St-Tite, Mauricie, Quebec |
| Died | December 23, 1970 (aged 61) Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
| Occupation | Public relations officer |
Joseph-Alfred Mongrain was a politician from Quebec, Canada.[1]
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Background
He was born on December 28, 1908, in St-Tite, Mauricie. He was a public relations officer.
Mayor of Trois-Rivières
He was Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1949 to 1953 and from 1960 to 1963.
Provincial politics
He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1952 in the district of Trois-Rivières against Premier Maurice Duplessis. Duplessis was re-elected.
Member of Parliament
He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1953 in the district of Trois-Rivières and in 1958 in the district of Champlain. Each time he lost.
He won as an Independent candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in the 1965 federal election. He was re-elected in 1968 as a Liberal.
| 1968 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Joseph-Alfred Mongrain | 17,592 | 46.2 | +12.6 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gilles Gauthier | 10,501 | 27.6 | +12.4 | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Émile Fréchette | 7,305 | 19.2 | +11.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Philippe Daviault | 1,724 | 4.5 | +2.2 | ||||
| Independent | Gaston Pelletier | 566 | 1.5 | |||||
| Independent | Lucien Bornais | 364 | 1.0 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 38,052 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Independent | Joseph-Alfred Mongrain | 12,927 | 40.9 | |||||
| Liberal | Pierre Garceau | 10,617 | 33.6 | -6.5 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Méthot | 4,799 | 15.2 | -29.5 | ||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Philippe Daviault | 2,488 | 7.9 | -5.1 | ||||
| New Democratic | Joseph Rivard | 749 | 2.4 | +0.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,580 | 100.0 | ||||||
Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.
Death
Mongrain died in office on December 23, 1970.
Footnotes
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