André Gillet (3 November 1916 – 29 June 1993) was a
Canadian
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businessman and politician. Gillet was a
Progressive Conservative party member of the
House of Commons of Canada
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. He was an administrator, builder and contractor by career.
He was first elected at the
Mercier riding in the
1958 general election. After serving his only federal term, the
24th Canadian Parliament
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, he was defeated at Mercier by
Prosper Boulanger
Prosper Boulanger (November 17, 1918 December 5, 2002) was a Canadian politician and businessman from Montréal. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1962 as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of Mercier. He ...
of the
Liberal Party
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in the
1962 election. Gillet's further attempts to unseat Boulanger in the 1963 and 1965 elections were likewise unsuccessful.
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1916 births
1993 deaths
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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