- René Chaloult
René Chaloult was a nationalist politician in
Quebec ,Canada . [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/c/chalre.htm Biography of René Chaloult, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]Background
He was born on
January 26 ,1901 inQuebec City .Political career
Chaloult first won a seat to the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election in the district of Kamouraska. In 1937, he and colleaguesOscar Drouin ,Joseph-Ernest Grégoire ,Philippe Hamel andAdolphe Marcoux left the Union Nationale. [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/patrimoine/chronologie/chrono28.html Chronologie parlementaire 1937-1939, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ] Chaloult joined the Liberals and won re-election in the 1939 election as the Member for the district of Lotbinière.During
World War II , Chaloult opposed conscription.He won re-election as an Independent in the County of Quebec in th e1944 and 1948 elections, but was defeated in the 1952 election and in the district of
Jonquière-Kénogami in the 1956 election.Death
He died on
December 20 ,1978 .Legacy
For many years, Chaloult urged Quebec to adopt a distinctive design for its flag. On January 21, 1948, the government of
Maurice Duplessis fulfilled the request.Footnotes
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years=1944–1952
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