Desire J. Comeau | |
Birth Date: | 23 July 1906 |
Birth Place: | Meteghan, Nova Scotia |
Death Place: | Arvida, Quebec |
Office: | MLA for Clare |
Term Start: | 1949 |
Term End: | 1953 |
Predecessor: | new riding |
Successor: | Pierre E. Belliveau |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Occupation: | manufacturer |
Desire Joseph Comeau (July 23, 1906 – October 6, 1972) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Clare in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1949 to 1953. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia.[1]
Comeau was born at Meteghan, Digby County, Nova Scotia in 1906.[2] A manufacturer by career, he married Antoinette Marie Saulnier in 1928.[2] Comeau entered provincial politics in the 1949 election, defeating Liberal Benoit Comeau by 38 votes in the newly established Clare riding.[3] He was defeated by Liberal Pierre E. Belliveau when he ran for re-election in 1953.[4] Comeau died at Arvida, Quebec on October 6, 1972.[2]