Bernard Dumont

Bernard Dumont was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Canadian House of Commons. [ [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=bca831f5-fe1d-4b1b-b227-ff89152987ff&Language=E Biography of Bernard Dumont, Canadian Parliament] ]

Background

He was born near Lévis, Quebec on January 15, 1927.

Town politics

Dumont was Mayor of Saint-Vallier from 1959 to 1962.

Member of Parliament

He ran as a Social Credit candidate in the district of Bellechasse in the 1962 federeal election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Herman Laverdière in the 1963 election, lost as an Independent in a 1964 by-election in the district of Dorchester and in the 1965 election as a Ralliement créditiste candidate in the district of Bellechasse.

Dumont was re-elected in the district of Frontenac in the 1968 election. He resigned on April 6, 1970 to switch to provincial politics. [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/d/dumob.htm Biography of Bernard Dumont, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]

Provincial politics

Audet ran as a candidate of the provincial Ralliement créditiste in the 1970 election and won, becoming the Member of the National Assembly for the district of Mégantic.

During his term of office, the party was plagued by internal divisions. While three MNAs, including Dumont, remained loyal to Leader Camil Samson, the rest of the caucus withdrew its support and appointed Armand Bois as temporary leader, until a leadership convention could determine a new leader.

Eventually, the Samson faction re-joined the party and Yvon Dupuis was chosen as leader. Nonetheless, Dumont was defeated in the district of Frontenac in the 1973 election.

Last attempt in federal politics

Dumont ran as an Independent candidate in the district of Rivière-du-Loup—Témiscouata in the 1974 election and finished a distant fourth.

Death

He died on September 25, 1974.

Footnotes

See also

* History of Quebec

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