- Wilfred Sénéchal
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name = Wilfred Sénéchal
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birth_date = birth date|1918|8|7
birth_place =Campbellton, New Brunswick Canada flagicon|Canada
death_date = death date and age|2000|2|11|1918|8|7|mf=y
death_place =Campbellton, New Brunswick
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education =University of New Brunswick
occupation = Lawyer, politician
party = Liberal
spouse = Lumina Paradic
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religion = Roman CatholicJoseph Henry Wilfred Sénéchal MM, BCL (
August 7 ,1918 -February 11 ,2000 ) was a Canadian lawyer, a decoratedWorld War II soldier, and a politician.Known by Wilfred, he was born in
Campbellton, New Brunswick . Immediately upon the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the eighteen-year-old Wilfred Sénéchal volunteered for duty with theCanadian Army , serving until his discharge in 1945 in the months followingVictory in Europe Day . Sénéchal served overseas with theRoyal Canadian Infantry Corps as a member of New Brunswick's Carelton and York Regiment. He was part of theDieppe Raid in which more than sixty percent of the men who made it ashore were either killed, wounded, or captured. The British government awarded him theMilitary Medal for bravery in battle.On returning home, Wilfred Sénéchal pursued a secondary education, graduating in 1954 from the
University of New Brunswick with aBachelor of Civil Law degree.Political career
In 1967, Sénéchal was a successful candidate for the Liberal Party in the New Brunswick general election, winning a seat in the
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as the member for Restigouche County. He was made Deputy Speaker of the46th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly . In the 1970 election Sénéchal lost his bid to win a seat in the City of Campbellton to the popular former Progressive Conservative Party leader,Charles Van Horne . In 1978, he lost to incumbentFernand Dubé in the City of Campbellton riding in the 1978 provincial election.Wilfred Sénéchal passed away February 11, 2000, at the Campbellton Regional Hospital. He is buried in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Church Cemetery (Our Lady of Snow Church Cemetery).
References
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=7&CATID=-4604489&FullDetails=True&Gsm=2008-02-12&j=1 The Military Medal, National Archives of the United Kingdom]
* [http://www.gnb.ca/legis/business/pastsessions/54/54-2/journals-e/000215-e.asp Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick Journals]
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