Jean-Marie Poitras, (September 5, 1918 – February 27, 2009) was a Canadian
senator
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Biography
Born in
Macamic, Quebec
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, he was appointed to the Senate in 1988 representing the
senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. He resigned on May 25, 1993, just short of his 75th birthday and mandatory retirement. He was a member of the
Progressive Conservative caucus
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In 1970, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada
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To coincide with the Canadian Centennial, ce ...
for his work with
Scouts Canada
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. In 1994, he was made an Officer of the
National Order of Quebec
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See also
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List of Quebec senators
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1918 births
2009 deaths
Canadian senators from Quebec
Officers of the National Order of Quebec
Officers of the Order of Canada
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada senators
People from Abitibi-Témiscamingue
20th-century members of the Senate of Canada
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