Maurice Gingues (8 November 1903 – 27 August 1960) was a

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member of the

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. He was born in

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...

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and became a knitter, a merchant and a real estate businessman. He was first elected at the

riding in the 1940 general election then re-elected for successive terms in

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1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ...

and

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 ...

. In the 1958 election he was defeated at Sherbrooke by Maurice Allard of the Progressive Conservative party. Gingues briefly left federal politics in 1944 to campaign as a Liberal in that year's Quebec provincial election at the

riding. Gingues lost to Union Nationale candidate

John Samuel Bourque John Samuel Bourque (September 8, 1894 – March 5, 1974) was a Quebec politician, Cabinet Minister, military member and businessman. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sherbrooke for 25 years. Life and care ...

and returned to the House of Commons following the 1945 election.

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* 1903 births 1960 deaths Businesspeople from Sherbrooke Canadian merchants Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Sherbrooke 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Canadian businesspeople {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub