Fabian Hugh Poulin is a former Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a lawyer by career.

He was first elected at the Ottawa Centre

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 riding in the 1972 general election

Canadian federal election, 1972

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, then re-elected there in the 1974 election

Canadian federal election, 1974

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. Poulin left federal politics on 27 April 1978 before completing his term in the 30th Canadian Parliament

30th Canadian Parliament

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 to become a judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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. Poulin has 3 daughters: Diana, Elizabeth, and Carole and 2 sons: Fabian and John. He still resides in Ottawa, Canada

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