Aristide Stanislas Joseph Rompré (1 August 1912 – 29 September 1976) was a Progressive Conservative party

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada

The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada was a Canadian political party with a centre-right stance on economic issues and, after the 1970s, a centrist stance on social issues....

 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. Born in Saint-Ubalde, Quebec

Saint-Ubalde, Quebec

Saint-Ubalde is a rural municipality in Portneuf County in the Canadian province of Quebec.Geographically its territory is marked by an agricultural and populated area in the south-west, and an undeveloped hilly area in the north-east where there are numerous lakes such as Blanc, Sainte-Anne,...

, he was a furniture merchant by career.

Rompré served as mayor of Saint-Ubalde from 1949 to 1951, and again from 1953 to 1960.

After an unsuccessful attempt to unseat Pierre Gauthier

Pierre Gauthier (Canadian politician)

Pierre Gauthier was a Liberal party and a Bloc populaire member of the Canadian House of Commons.Gauthier was born in Deschambault, Quebec and became a physician in 1921 after studies at Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade of the Séminaire de Québec then at Université Laval.He entered provincial...

 at Portneuf

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867...

 in the 1957 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1957

The Canadian federal election of 1957 was held June 10, 1957, to select the 265 members of the House of Commons of Canada. In one of the great upsets in Canadian political history, the Progressive Conservative Party , led by John Diefenbaker, brought an end to 22 years of Liberal rule, as the...

, Rompré won the riding in the following year's election

Canadian federal election, 1958

The Canadian federal election of 1958 was the 24th general election in Canada's history. It was held to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 24th Parliament of Canada on March 31, 1958, just nine months after the 23rd election...

. After completing his only federal term, the 24th Canadian Parliament

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 dissolved prior to the 1962 election.It was controlled by a...

, he left federal politics and did not campaign in another national election.

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