Paul Dubé
Paul-Léon Dubé (27 April 1892 – 6 June 1969) was an Independent Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in St-Denis, Quebec and became a locomotive engineer by career and at one time a vice-president of the Canadian Association of Railway Employees.[1]
Paul Dubé | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Restigouche—Madawaska | |
| In office October 1949 – August 1953 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Paul-Léon Dubé 27 April 1892 Saint-Denis, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | 6 June 1969 (aged 77) Edmundston, New Brunswick |
| Political party | Independent Liberal Conservative (1867-1942) |
| Spouse(s) | Lumina Lavoie m. 25 September 1917[1] |
| Profession | locomotive engineer |
He was first elected to Parliament at the Restigouche—Madawaska riding in a by-election on 24 October 1949 after two previous unsuccessful campaigns there as a Conservative candidate in an October 1933 by-election[2] and as an Independent Liberal in the 1945 federal election. After serving until the end of his term in the 21st Canadian Parliament, Dubé was defeated in the 1953 election by Joseph Gaspard Boucher of the Liberal party.[3]
He died after years of declining health on 6 June 1969.[4]
References
- Normandin, Pierre G. (1952). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
- "Restigouche in history". The Tribune. Campbellton. 29 October 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
- Fraser, Blair (12 November 1955). "Backstage at Ottawa". Macleans. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- "Former MP Dies", Saint John Telegraph-Journal, 7 June 1969