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]