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Albert Goudreau

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Albert Goudreau
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Richmond
In office
1935–1939
Preceded byStanislas-Edmond Desmarais
Succeeded byStanislas-Edmond Desmarais
In office
1944–1952
Preceded byStanislas-Edmond Desmarais
Succeeded byÉmilien Lafrance
Personal details
Born(1887-02-04)February 4, 1887
Wotton, Quebec
DiedOctober 12, 1962(1962-10-12) (aged 75)
Sherbrooke, Quebec
Political partyUnion Nationale

Albert Goudreau (February 4, 1887 – October 12, 1962) was a Canadian politician and a four-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]

Background

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He was born in Wotton, Eastern Townships on February 4, 1887.

City Councillor

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Goudreau served as a city councillor in the township of Windsor from 1916 to 1918 and in the city of Asbestos from 1933 to 1944.

Member of the legislature

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Goudreau ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Richmond in the 1935 election and won against Liberal incumbent Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais.

He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election, but was defeated in the 1939 election.

He was re-elected in the 1944 and the 1948 elections, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Émilien Lafrance in the 1952 election.

Mayor

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He served as Mayor of Asbestos from 1945 to 1950.

Death

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He died on October 12, 1962, in Sherbrooke.

References

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  1. ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.