Georges Villeneuve | |
Office: | Mayor of Mistassini, Quebec |
Term Start: | 1961 |
Term End: | 1968 |
Parliament1: | Canadian |
Riding1: | Roberval |
Predecessor1: | Paul-Henri Spence |
Successor1: | Jean-Noël Tremblay |
Term Start1: | 10 August 1953 |
Term End1: | 30 March 1958 |
Birth Date: | 1922 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Saint-Prime, Quebec, Canada |
Profession: | Notary |
Party: | Liberal |
Georges Villeneuve (20 February 1922 – 17 February 2020) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.[1]
After school studies in Saint-Prime, then at the seminaries in Chicoutimi and Nicolet, Villeneuve began law studies in 1946 at Université Laval in Quebec City. After his graduation in 1949, he was granted status as a notary and opened a practice in Mistassini that August.
Villeneuve was first elected at the Roberval riding in the 1953 general election then re-elected for one more term in 1957. He was defeated in the 1958 election by Jean-Noël Tremblay of the Progressive Conservative party. Villeneuve made two further unsuccessful attempts to win back Roberval in 1962 and 1965.
From 1961 to 1968, Villeneuve was mayor of Mistassini.[2] He continued his notary practice until his retirement in 1985.