Albert Béchard

Infobox MP
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name = Albert Béchard
honorific-suffix = B.A.,LL.L.


constituency_MP = Bonaventure
parliament = Canadian
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predecessor = Lucien Grenier
successor = Rémi Bujold
term_start = 1962
term_end = 1979
birth_date = November 18, 1922
birth_place = St-Alexis-de-Matapédia, Quebec, Canada
death_date = death date and age|2002|4|28|1922|11|18
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nationality = Canadian
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occupation = notary
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website = [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=806fe861-7408-463e-af2c-c1bf3cc31ce3&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx%3FParliament%3D%26Riding%3D%26Name%3Db%C3%A9chard%26Party%3D%26Province%3D%26Gender%3D%26New%3DFalse%26Current%3DFalse%26Picture%3DFalse Parliament of Canada biography]
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Albert Béchard (November 18, 1922 – April 28, 2002 in St-Alexis-de-Matapédia, Quebec, Canada) was a Canadian politician and notary. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1962 election to represent the riding of Bonaventure. He was re-elected in the elections of 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972 and 1974, the latter two for the renamed riding of Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine. During his federal political career, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State of Canada (1966-1968), Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State of Canada (1968) then Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (1970-1972). He also served as Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole (1968-1970). He also chaired the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Forestry (1973-1977) and sat on numerous other committees including the joint committee Standing Committee on Regulations and other Statutory Instruments.