Louis Fortin (1 December 1920 – 24 June 2005) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the

House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada () is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Monarchy of Canada#Parliament (King-in-Parliament), Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of Ca ...

. He was born in Lévis, Quebec and became a lawyer by career. He unsuccessfully attempt to unseat

Jean Lesage Jean Lesage (; June 10, 1912 – December 12, 1980) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He served as the 19th premier of Quebec from July 5, 1960, to June 16, 1966. Alongside Georges-Émile Lapalme, René Lévesque and others, he is often v ...

at the

Montmagny—L'Islet Montmagny—L'Islet () was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to 1968. This Riding (division), riding was created in 1933 from L'Islet ...

riding as an independent candidate in the 1957 federal election. Lesage resigned from Parliament in June 1958 to serve as Quebec's provincial Liberal leader. Fortin won a byelection at Montmagny—l'Islet on 29 September 1958 and served for the remainder of the

24th Canadian Parliament The 24th Canadian Parliament was in session from May 12, 1958, until April 19, 1962. The membership was set by the 1958 federal election on March 31, 1958, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was dissolve ...

Jean-Paul Cook Jean-Paul Cook (19 July 1927 – 29 June 2005) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and became an interior decorator and merchant by career. He was first elected at the Montma ...

of the Social Credit Party defeated Fortin in the 1962 election after which Fortin did not campaign again for a House of Commons seat.

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