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Michel Veillette
Michel Veillette (born 6 October 1939) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an agricultural technologist and manager by career.
Michel Veillette | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Champlain | |
| In office 1979–1984 | |
| Preceded by | René Matte |
| Succeeded by | Michel Champagne |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 October 1939 Saint-Maurice, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
He represented the Quebec riding of Champlain at which he was elected in 1979 and again in 1980. After serving in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments, he was defeated by Michel Champagne of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1984 election.
Veillette made another unsuccessful attempt to re-enter Parliament in the 1993 federal election, but earned fewer votes than Champagne who in turn lost his seat to Réjean Lefebvre of the Bloc Québécois.
Electoral record edit
| 1979 Canadian federal election: Champlain | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Michel Veillette | 22,256 | ||||||
| Independent | René Matte | 10,441 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gérard Lamy | 4,200 | ||||||
| Social Credit | Claude L'Herault | 2,796 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Denis Tousignant | 1,328 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Gilles Leycuras | 753 | ||||||
External links edit
- Michel Veillette – Parliament of Canada biography