Eugène Durocher Explained

Eugène Durocher
Birth Date:1881 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec
Spouse:Mercier
m. 12 October 1904[1]
Riding:St. James
Predecessor:Fernand Rinfret
Successor:Roland Beaudry
Term Start:December 1939
Term End:May 1944
Profession:insurance broker
Party:Liberal

Eugène Durocher (27 August 1881  - 10 May 1944) was a Canadian politician, serving in municipal and national politics. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became an insurance broker by career.

From 1938 to 1940, Durocher was a municipal alderman for Montreal City Council, serving on the Montreal Metropolitan Commission in 1939.

He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal party member at St. James riding in a by-election on 18 December 1939, due to the death of incumbent Fernand Rinfret. He was re-elected there in the 1940 election. Before completing his term in the 19th Canadian Parliament, Durocher died at Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Montreal on 10 May 1944 after poor health for two weeks.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A. L. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1941 .
  2. News: Montreal M.P. Dies . The Globe and Mail. Toronto . The Canadian Press . 11 May 1944 . 23 .