Guy Rouleau (19 February 1923 – 7 October 2010) was a

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member of the

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. He was a lawyer by career. He was first elected at the Dollard riding in the 1953 general election and re-elected for successive terms in

1957 Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricke ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

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 ...

and

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 ...

, but his term in the Liberal caucus ended on 31 July 1965 before his term in the 26th Canadian Parliament ended. Rouleau did not seek further re-election after this. Rouleau became Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister

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in February 1964. However, he was embroiled in a scandal in which Pearson's government was accused of bribery regarding attempts to secure

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for drug trafficker Lucien Rivard. The scandal affected numerous government careers, including that of Rouleau whose role as the Prime Minister's Secretary ended on 23 November 1964.

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* 1923 births 2010 deaths Canadian lawyers Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Montreal 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub