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at Montreal and was admitted to the bar in 1903 and became

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in 1914. He was elected by acclamation as a Liberal to the

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in the riding of

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in a 1922 by-election. He was re-elected in the

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and 1926 federal elections twice defeating

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who was

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leader

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and

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. However, Rhéaume lost his seat in the 1930 federal election. Rhéaume moved to provincial politics and was elected by acclamation to the

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as the

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MLA for Jacques-Cartier provincial electoral district in 1933. He did not run for re-election in the 1935 provincial election. In 1936, he was appointed to the bench of the

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for the district of Montreal.

Electoral record

References

* * Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Lawyers from Montreal Politicians from Montreal Judges in Quebec 1874 births 1954 deaths Canadian King's Counsel 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub