Gaston Tremblay (; April 16, 1924 – July 11, 1998) was a politician in

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, Canada and a Member of the

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(MLA).

Background

He was born in

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on April 16, 1924 and became a

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Mayor

Tremblay served as Mayor of

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from 1961 to 1970.

Member of the legislature

He unsuccessfully ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1962 election in the provincial district of Quebec County. Tremblay was elected to the

in the 1966 election and represented the district of Montmorency. He

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on October 30, 1968 to sit as an

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. He then joined the ''

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'', and then in 1969, he joined the

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and became its first sitting member in the provincial legislature. Tremblay ran as a Ralliement créditiste candidate and was defeated in the

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and

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Electoral history

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Background

Mayor

Member of the legislature

Electoral history

References

See also