Armand Caouette (20 July 1945 – 15 May 2010) was a Social Credit Party member of the

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. His career included the fields of sales and air-conditioning. He was first elected to Parliament in the 1974 federal election at the Villeneuve electoral district. Following riding boundary adjustments in 1976, he was re-elected at Abitibi riding in the 1979 election. In the 1980 election, Caouette was defeated by René Gingras of the

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. Caouette made further attempts to return to Parliament, first as a Progressive Conservative Party candidate in the 1997 election at Abitibi riding, then as a

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candidate in the 2006 election.

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* 1945 births 2010 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Social Credit Party of Canada MPs People from Rouyn-Noranda 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Quebec-MP-stub