Claude G. Lajoie was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a businessman and building contractor by career.

He first represented Quebec's Trois-Rivières electoral district

Trois-Rivières (electoral district)

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 since his victory there in a by-election on 31 May 1971. He was re-elected in the 1972

Canadian federal election, 1972

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, 1974

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, 1979

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 and 1980 federal election

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s. After serving consecutive terms from the 28th

28th Canadian Parliament

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 through the 32nd Canadian Parliament

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s, Lajoie left national politics and did not campaign in the 1984 election

Canadian federal election, 1984

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