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Gilbert Rondeau

Gilbert F. Rondeau (7 March 1928 – 9 March 1994) was a Social Credit Party and Ralliement créditiste member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Warwick, Quebec and became a businessman, industrialist and insurance agent.

Gilbert F. Rondeau
Member of Parliament
for Shefford
In office
June 1962 – November 1965
In office
June 1968 – March 1979
Personal details
Born7 March 1928
Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Warwick, Quebec, Canada
Died9 March 1994(1994-03-09) (aged 66)
Political partySocial Credit
Ralliement créditiste
Professionbusinessman, industrialist, insurance agent

Political career edit

Rondeau first campaigned in the 1949 federal election at the Beauharnois riding for the Union of Electors party, but did not win the seat.

His next election campaign was in the 1962 federal election where he won the Shefford riding for the Social Credit Party. After re-election to a second term in the 1963 election, Rondeau was defeated in 1965 by Liberal candidate Louis-Paul Neveu. Rondeau won the Shefford seat back in the following national election in 1968, and was re-elected in 1972 and 1974.

Being one of the few Social Credit politicians who was able to speak English, Rondeau helped represent the predominantly francophone party across Canada. But Rondeau's political career was ended by charges of Unemployment Insurance fraud for which he was convicted and sentenced to a five-month prison term. Because of these legal problems, he was ejected from the Social Credit Party in 1977 and was an independent member for the remainder of the 30th Canadian Parliament. In the 1979 election, Rondeau campaigned at Shefford as an independent but lost to Jean Lapierre of the Liberals.[1]

Rondeau died on 9 March 1994 because of complications arising from gallstone removal surgery.[2]

1963 Canadian federal election: Shefford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gilbert Rondeau 9,989 37.84 -4.18
Liberal Gérard Lacaille 9,713 36.79 +4.42
Progressive Conservative Donat Marois 4,991 18.91 -6.70
New Democratic Jacques Jourdenais 1,706 6.46
Total valid votes 26,399 100.00
1962 Canadian federal election: Shefford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Gilbert Rondeau 12,421 42.02
Liberal Marcel Boivin 9,570 32.37 -17.72
Progressive Conservative Claude Léveillé 7,569 25.61 -21.45
Total valid votes 29,560 100.00

References edit

  1. ^ The Canadian Press (12 September 1979). "Appeal court increases term of former MP". The Globe and Mail. p. P9.
  2. ^ The Canadian Press (12 March 1994). "Obituary / Gilbert Rondeau Creditiste was expelled". The Globe and Mail. p. A16.

External links edit

  • Gilbert Rondeau – Parliament of Canada biography


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