Pierre Deniger

Pierre Deniger (16 October 1947 13 April 1992) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Longueuil, Quebec and became a businessman and lawyer by career.

Pierre Deniger
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Laprairie
In office
1979–1984
Preceded byIan Watson
Succeeded byFernand Jourdenais
Personal details
Born(1947-10-16)16 October 1947
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Died13 April 1992(1992-04-13) (aged 44)
Political partyLiberal
PortfolioParliamentary Secretary to the Minister of State (Multiculturalism) (1980-1982)

He won the Laprairie electoral district in the 1979 federal election and was re-elected there in 1980. In the 1984 election, Deniger was defeated by Fernand Jourdenais of the Progressive Conservative party. Deniger also lost to Jourdenais in another attempt to win the riding in the 1988 election. He served in the 31st and 32nd Canadian Parliaments.

Electoral Record

1984 Canadian federal election: La Prairie
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive ConservativeFernand Jourdenais26,506
LiberalPierre Deniger25,182
New DemocraticLyse Chevalier-Grégoire8,602
RhinocerosMonique Spazzola Fisicaro1,851
Parti nationalisteMarian Wecowski1,373
Commonwealth of CanadaJean-Pierre Gélineau157
1980 Canadian federal election: La Prairie
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre Deniger36,842
New DemocraticJean-Claude Bohrer5,894
Progressive ConservativeThérèse L'Écuyer4,960
RhinocerosJacques Ferron1,868
Social CreditMaurice Roy948
LibertarianDavid B. Chamberlain297
Union populaireChristian Labelle222
Marxist–LeninistJocelyne Éthier87
1979 Canadian federal election: La Prairie
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalPierre Deniger39,410
Progressive ConservativeJacques Vasseur6,576
Social CreditMaurice Roy4,461
New DemocraticJean-Claude Bohrer4,188
RhinocerosJacques Cinq Cennes Marcotte1,335
LibertarianDavid Beaulieu Chamberlain435
Union populaireChristian Labelle266
Marxist–LeninistJocelyne Éthier121


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