Ovila Bergeron

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Ovila Bergeron was a politician and business person in Quebec, Canada. [1]

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Background

He was born on February 17, 1903, in Warwick, Quebec.

Political career

Lemieux ran as a Bloc Populaire Canadien candidate in the provincial district of Stanstead in the 1944 election and won against incumbent Raymond-François Frégeau. He served as his party House Whip from 1945 to 1948. He did not run for re-election in the 1948 election. He was mayor of Magog between 1952 and 1956 and, in interim, to June 22, 1966, at November 6, 1967. [1]

Death

He died on December 3, 1985.

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by MLA for Stanstead
19441948
Succeeded by


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