Denis Éthier (25 March 1926 – 15 March 2017) was a

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member of the

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. His career included business such as merchandising. Éthier represented the Ontario riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell which he first won in the 1972 federal election. He replaced his brother Viateur Éthier, who had represented the riding under its previous name Glengarry—Prescott since

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

. He was re-elected there in

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

and

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning Sys ...

. He left federal politics in 1984 and did not participate in that year's federal election after serving four consecutive terms from the 29th to the

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* 1926 births 2017 deaths 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Franco-Ontarian people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub