Georges Valade
Georges-Joseph Valade (25 March 1922 – 12 September 1997) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
Georges-Joseph Valade | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Sainte-Marie | |
| In office March 1958 – September 1972 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 March 1922 Baltimore, Maryland, United States |
| Died | 12 September 1997 (aged 75) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | pharmacist |
Valade was born in Baltimore, Maryland, where his father was employed as a typographer. He received a degree in pharmacy from the University of Montreal, and took further studies at St. Francis Xavier University. He was a pharmacist by career.[1]
He was first elected at the Sainte-Marie riding in the 1958 general election after two previous unsuccessful attempts to enter the House of Commons: in the 1953 election at Longueuil and in the 1957 election at Sainte-Marie.
Valade was re-elected at Sainte-Marie in the 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968 federal elections. After the 1968 election, he was the only remaining Progressive Conservative representative from Montreal.
He was defeated in the 1972 federal election by Raymond Dupont of the Liberal party. Another attempt to win the riding in the 1974 election was also unsuccessful. He died in Montreal in September 1997.
| 1957 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Hector Dupuis | 12,532 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Georges Valade | 7,041 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Eugène Dorais | 752 | ||||||
| 1958 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Georges Valade | 11,635 | ||||||
| Liberal | Hector Dupuis | 9,662 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Eugène Dorais | 634 | ||||||
| Independent | Eddy Brown | 433 | ||||||
| 1962 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Georges Valade | 8,748 | ||||||
| Liberal | Raymond Poupart | 5,453 | ||||||
| Candidat libéral des électeurs | J.-Édouard Pharon | 1,836 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Hervé Lajeunesse | 1,364 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean Coulombe | 1,269 | ||||||
| Independent PC | Georges Goyer | 333 | ||||||
| 1963 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Georges Valade | 8,549 | ||||||
| Liberal | Albert Caplette | 6,043 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Hervé Lajeunesse | 4,271 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Jean Coulombe | 1,320 | ||||||
| 1965 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Georges Valade | 9,672 | ||||||
| Liberal | Albert Caplette | 5,201 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Maurice Machet | 1,385 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Pierre Ménard | 1,222 | ||||||
| 1968 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Georges Valade | 9,528 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Robert Ouellet | 7,449 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Albert Caplette | 1,977 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Marcel Paquin | 1,149 | ||||||
| Ralliement créditiste | Pierre Ménard | 884 | ||||||
| Independent | Paul Rollin | 169 | ||||||
References edit
- ^ Winnipeg Free Press, 4 February 1969, p. 13.
External links edit
- Georges Valade – Parliament of Canada biography
- George Valade's obituary (in French)