Élie-Oscar Bertrand

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Élie-Oscar Bertrand (March 3, 1894 October 21, 1980) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. Bertrand represented Prescott in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1929 to 1949.

He was born in L'Orignal, Ontario in 1894, the son of Louis Bertrand. He married Armande Scott in 1915. He was a merchant at L'Orignal and served as clerk for the municipal council and was mayor from 1922 to 1929. Bertrand was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1929 by-election held after Louis-Mathias Auger resigned his seat. He held the Prescott seat until he was defeated in 1949 by Raymond Bruneau. Shortly afterwards, Bertrand was named to the Canadian Farm Loan Board, a predecessor to Farm Credit Canada, and served until 1960.

By-election: On Mr. Auger's resignation, 29 August 1929: Prescott
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 5,152
  Independent Liberal Gustave Gustave Évanturel 3,562


1930 Canadian federal election: Prescott
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,572
  Conservative Edmund Alexander Mooney2,326
1935 Canadian federal election: Prescott
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,034
  Independent Liberal Louis-Mathias Auger 3,620
  Conservative Joseph Saint-Denis1,614
1940 Canadian federal election: Prescott
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,431
  Independent Liberal Léandre Maisonneuve2,028
  National Government Parnell Tierney1,819
1945 Canadian federal election: Prescott
PartyCandidateVotes
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 6,623
  Progressive Conservative Louis-Pierre Cécile1,753
Bloc populaire Léandre Maisonneuve1,500
  Co-operative Commonwealth Bernard Dupuis408
1949 Canadian federal election: Prescott
PartyCandidateVotes
  Independent Liberal Raymond Bruneau 5,380
  Liberal Élie-Oscar Bertrand 4,148
  Progressive Conservative Joseph Saint-Denis1,928

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Preceded by Member of Parliament for Prescott
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