Gérard Légaré was a Liberal party

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was an editor, journalist, printer and publisher by career. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec

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He was first elected at the Rimouski

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 riding in the 1953 general election

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, then re-elected there for a second term in the 1957 election

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. In the 1958 election

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 he was defeated by Émilien Morissette

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 of the Progressive Conservative party

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, but won back the riding in the 1962 election

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The 25th Canadian Parliament

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 was Légaré's last term in federal office. During the 1963 election

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 campaign, Social Credit

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 candidate Gérard Ouellet

Gérard Ouellet

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 was reported to be winning the rural areas of Rimouski. New Democratic Party

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 candidate Raymond D'Auteuil attracted younger urban voters whom Liberal campaigners admittedly ignored. After a judicial recount of ballots, Ouellet won Rimouski with 140 more votes that Légaré. By that June, Légaré was hired to assist Jean-Paul Deschatelets

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, the Minister of Public Works

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 in Lester B. Pearson

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's new government.

Légaré joined the Immigration Appeal Board in 1967, becoming its vice-chair in March 1976. He was also an editorial assistant for the federal Centennial Commission.

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