Roland Théorêt (July 13, 1920 – September 28, 2013) was a

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and politician in

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. He served as mayor of

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from 1957 to 1959 and from 1962 to 1965 and as a Union Nationale member of the

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representing Papineau from 1966 to 1970. The son of Siméon Théorêt and Alma Théorêt, he was born in Île-Bizard and was educated there, at the Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse, at the

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and at the

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. He practised as a notary in Gatineau from 1946. Théorêt was a member of the Gatineau school board from 1951 to 1960. He served on the Gatineau council from 1952 to 1954, in 1956 and in 1957. Théorêt served as parliamentary assistant to the Revenue minister and as deputy speaker. He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1970. In 1949, he married Lucille Landreville. He died in Gatineau at the age of 93. His daughter Hélène also served on the Gatineau council and his nephew

Claude Charron Claude Charron (born October 22, 1946, in L'Île-Bizard, Quebec) is a former CEGEP teacher, provincial politician, writer and broadcaster. He became Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the youngest Member of the National Assembly of Quebec. ...

served in the Quebec assembly.

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