J.-E. Bernard Pilon (1 August 1918 – 17 November 1970) was a

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insurance broker and politician. Pilon served as a

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member of the

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. He was born in Vaudreuil, Quebec. He was first elected at the Chambly—Rouville riding in the 1962 general election, then re-elected there in the

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

and 1965 federal elections. For the 1968 federal election, riding boundaries were realigned and Pilon was a candidate at the Chambly electoral district. Pilon died in Montreal on 17 November 1970 due to a

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before completing his term in the

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* 1918 births 1970 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub