Joseph Fontaine Explained

Joseph Fontaine
Birthname:Joseph Louis Rosario Fontaine
Birth Date:1900 8, df=yes
Birth Place:Saint-Damase, Quebec
Death Place:Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Spouse:Florentine Girard
(m. 9 January 1922)[1]
Riding:Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
Term Start:June 1945
Term End:June 1957
Profession:master butcher, farmer, merchant
Party:Liberal

Joseph Louis-Rosario Fontaine (26 August 1900 – 16 October 1986) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born at Saint-Damase, Quebec. He was a master butcher, meat cutter, farmer and merchant by career.

Fontaine was mayor of Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe parish between 1938 and 1952. He was first elected to Parliament at the St. Hyacinthe—Bagot riding in the 1945 general election. With a minor spelling change to the riding in 1947, he was re-elected at Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot in 1949 and 1953. He was defeated by Théogène Ricard of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1954 .