- Romuald Bourque
Romuald Bourque (
December 6 1889 –August 14 1974 ) was aQuebec businessman and political figure. He representedOutremont—Saint-Jean in theCanadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1952 to 1963. Bourque was a member of theSenate of Canada for De la Vallière division from 1963 to 1974.He was born in
Ottawa in 1889, the son of François Bourque. He apprenticed as a printer there and then went toMontreal where he worked for the "Montreal Herald ". In 1920, he founded the newspaper "Le Nouvelliste" at Trois-Rivières. In 1926, he became sales manager for the Cie Mercury Press Limited at Montreal, becoming vice-president in 1930. Bourque was also mayor of Outremont from 1949 to 1964. He was named to the Senate in 1963, died in office in 1974 and was buried in theNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery .His brother,
E. A. Bourque , was mayor of Ottawa in 1949 and 1950.External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?Language=E&query=635&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www2.marianopolis.edu/quebechistory/encyclopedia/romualdbourque.htm Article from L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec]
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