Paul-Léon Dubé (27 April 1892 – 6 June 1969) was an

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member of the

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. He was born in St-Denis, Quebec and became a locomotive engineer by career and at one time a vice-president of the Canadian Association of Railway Employees. He was first elected to Parliament at the

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riding in a by-election on 24 October 1949 after two previous unsuccessful campaigns there as a

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candidate in an October 1933 by-election and as an Independent Liberal in the 1945 federal election. After serving until the end of his term in the

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, Dubé was defeated in the 1953 election by Joseph Gaspard Boucher of the

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. He died after years of declining health on 6 June 1969."Former MP Dies", ''Saint John Telegraph-Journal'', 7 June 1969

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* 1892 births 1969 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from New Brunswick Independent Liberal MPs in Canada 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{NewBrunswick-MP-stub