J.-Eugène Bissonnette (March 4, 1892 – September 13, 1980) was a Quebec-born

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and

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. He was born in Ste. Claire, Quebec, Canada. He was elected to the

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as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party in

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 ...

to represent the riding of Quebec West. He was defeated in the

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 ...

election.

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* 1892 births 1980 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{ProgressiveConservative-Quebec-MP-stub