Clément Vincent (May 18, 1931 – April 4, 2018) was a

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politician and a Member of the

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Background

He was born on May 18, 1931, in Sainte-Perpétue,

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. He was a farmer and an entrepreneur.

Mayor

Vincent served as Mayor of Sainte-Perpétue from January 19, 1959, to January 11, 1961.

Member of Parliament

He successfully ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate for the district

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in the 1962 federal election. He was re-elected in the

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and 1965 elections, but resigned in 1966 to enter provincial politics.

Provincial politics

Vincent won a seat to the

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in the district of Nicolet. He supported the Union Nationale and was appointed to the

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, serving as Minister of Agriculture and Colonization from 1966 to 1970. He was re-elected in the 1970 election, but was defeated in the district of Nicolet-Yamaska in the 1973 election.

Retirement

From 1978 to 1983, Vincent was employed by the

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. Vincent died on 4 April 2018 at the age of 86.

References

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