- Joseph-Damase Bégin
Joseph-Damase Bégin, also known as Jos-D. Bégin, was a
Canadian politician and an eight-term Member of theLegislative Assembly of Quebec . [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/b/begijd.htm Biography of Joseph-Damase Bégin, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]Background
He was born on
August 6 ,1900 in Lac-Etchemin,Chaudière-Appalaches and was acar dealer .Member of the Legislature
Bégin first won a seat to the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec as anAction libérale nationale candidate in 1935 in the district of Dorchester.His party merged with the
Conservative Party of Quebec to form the Union Nationale. Bégin won re-election in 1936, 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956 and, with a subsantially reduced margin, in 1960.Cabinet Member
From 1940 to 1960, Bégin served as his party's campaign manager. He was appointed to Premier
Maurice Duplessis 's Cabinet in 1944. He did not run for re-election in 1962.Death
He died on
July 4 ,1977 .Footnotes
s-ttl|title=MLA for Dorchester
years=1935–1962
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