Philippe Demers | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Maurice | |
In office 1966–1973 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Guy Trépanier |
Succeeded by | Marcel Bérard |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Sébastien, Quebec | April 28, 1919
Died | March 4, 1999 Charlesbourg, Quebec | (aged 79)
Political party | Union Nationale |
Philippe Demers (April 28, 1919 – March 4, 1999) was a veterinarian and a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]
He was born in 1919 in Saint-Sébastien, Montérégie. He practiced as a veterinarian in Shawinigan-Sud, Mauricie.
He served as city councillor from 1953 to 1957 and as mayor of Shawinigan-Sud from 1957 to 1962.
He successfully ran as the Union Nationale candidate in the provincial district of Saint-Maurice in the 1966 general election to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, defeating the liberal incumbent Jean-Guy Trépanier. Demers was re-elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 1970 general election.
In 1973, Demers lost re-election against the liberal candidate Marcel Bérard, finishing a close third[2] behind Bérard and Parti Québécois candidate Yves Duhaime.
Demers ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Champlain in 1980. He finished third, behind Liberal incumbent Michel Veillette and NDP candidate René Matte.
He died in Charlesbourg in 1999.