- André Léveillé
André Léveillé was a politician in
Quebec ,Canada . [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/j-l/levea.htm Biography of André Léveillé, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]Background
He was born on
August 11 ,1933 inMontreal and was an accountant.Member of the Legislature
Léveillé won a seat to the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1966 in the district of Maisonneuve and was a member of the Union Nationale. He served as the government's Deputy Whip from 1966 to 1968. Léveillé lost his re-election in 1970 and was succeeded byParti Québécois (PQ) candidate Robert Burns.Party Leader
He was defeated at the leadership conventions of 1969 and 1971. In 1985 Léveillé was offered to become party leader. He accepted, but finished a distant fourth in his own district against
Louise Harel in 1985 with 1.3% of the vote. The Union Nationale ran only 19 candidates. None of them were elected.Footnotes
s-ttl|title=MNA for Maisonneuve
years=1966–1970
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