- Philippe Demers
Philippe Demers (1919 - 1999) was a
veterinarian and apolitician inQuebec ,Canada . He served as member of theLegislative Assembly of Quebec . [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/d/demep.htm Philippe Demers] , Assemblée nationale du Québec]Early life and career
He was born in 1919 in Saint-Sébastien,
Montérégie . He practiced as a veterinarian in Shawinigan-Sud,Mauricie .Municipal politics
He served as city councillor from 1953 to 1957 and as mayor of Shawinigan-Sud from 1957 to 1962.
Provincial politics
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 theNational Assembly of Quebec in the 1970 general election.In 1973, Demers lost re-election against the liberal candidate
Marcel Bérard , finishing a close third [ [http://dgeq.qc.ca/en/resultats_gen.asp?bsq=Saint-Maurice§ion=resultats_gen&even='1973'&mode='n3'#resul Official results] , Directeur général des élections] behind Bérard andParti québécois candidateYves Duhaime .Federal politics
Demers ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Champlain in 1980. He finished third, behind Liberal incumbent
Michel Veillette and NDP candidateRené Matte .After retirement from politics
He died in
Charlesbourg in 1999.Footnotes
ee also
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Saint-Maurice Legislators
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