Gustave Roy (21 April 1907 – 5 January 1982) was a

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member of the

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. Born in Cap-Chat, Quebec, he was a physician and surgeon by career. The son of Gustave Roy and Vitaline Côté, Roy was educated at Rimouski Seminary, then at

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where he received his medical degree. He set up practise in

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. Roy was also president and director for ''L'Écho de la Lièvre''. In 1937, a lumberman whose leg had been fractured was dissatisfied with Roy's treatment and attempted to shoot the doctor; his gun failed to discharge and the dissatisfied client was arrested. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1952. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1953 general election, unseating Progressive Conservative party incumbent

Henri Courtemanche Henri Courtemanche, (August 7, 1916 – March 19, 1986) was a Canadian parliamentarian. Born in Mont-Laurier, Quebec, the son of Victor Courtemanche and Louise Massé, he was educated at the Académie de Mont-Laurier, the Séminaire de St. ...

. After serving his only term, the

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, Roy was defeated by Courtemanche in the 1957 election. He died in Mont-Laurier in 1982.

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1907 births 1982 deaths Physicians from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Université Laval alumni 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub