Eugène Desrochers was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Sainte-Agathe, Quebec

Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec

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 and became a merchant and trader. From 1919 to 1922, he was mayor of Saint-Didace, Quebec

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The son of Romuald Desrochers and Lèda Marcotte, he was educated at the Séminaire de Trois-Rivières and entered business at Saint-Didace, Quebec

Saint-Didace, Quebec

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. In 1905, Desrochers married Régina Boivin.

He was elected to Parliament at the Maskinongé

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 riding in the 1921 general election

Canadian federal election, 1921

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. After serving only one federal term, the 14th Canadian Parliament

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, Desrochers left the House of Commons and did not seek another term in the 1925 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1925

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