Candide Rochefort Explained

Candide Rochefort
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal–Sainte-Marie
Predecessor:Gaspard Fauteux
Successor:Camillien Houde
Term Start:1935
Term End:1939
Birth Date:8 February 1904
Birth Place:Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec
Resting Place:Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Party:Action libérale nationale
Union Nationale

Candide Rochefort (February 8, 1904  - June 24, 1971) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).

Early life

He was born on February 8, 1904, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec and became a brick mason.

City politics

Rochefort ran for Mayor of Montreal in 1936 and 1938 and each time finished a distant third.

Member of the legislature

He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Montréal–Sainte-Marie in the 1935 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Gaspard Fauteux. Rochefort joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Mayor of Montreal Camillien Houde in the 1939 election.

Death

He died on June 24, 1971, in Montreal.