Jean-Paul Racine Explained

Jean-Paul Racine
Birth Date:1928 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Saint-Georges-Ouest, Quebec, Canada
Parliament:Canadian
Riding:Beauce
Term Start:March 1958
Term End:June 1962
Parliament2:Canadian
Riding2:Beauce
Term Start2:November 1965
Term End2:April 1968
Predecessor:Raoul Poulin
Successor:Gérard Perron
Profession:Lumber merchant, manufacturer
Party:Liberal
Predecessor2:Gérard Perron
Successor2:Romuald Rodrigue

Jean-Paul Racine (8 February 1928 – 13 January 1988) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley, Quebec and became a lumber merchant and manufacturer by career.

He was first elected at the Beauce riding in the 1958 general election and served one term before being defeated there in 1962 by Gérard Perron of the Social Credit party. Racine was again defeated by Perron in 1963 but won the seat back in 1965 for one final Parliamentary term. In the 1968 election, he lost the seat to another Social Credit candidate, Romuald Rodrigue.