J.-Wilfrid Dufresne
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J.-Wilfrid Dufresne was a Progressive Conservative party
member of the Canadian House of Commons
. Born in Quebec City
, Quebec
, he held various other jobs such as interior decorator, promoter, teacher, a Quebec provincial public servant, a federal statistician for the Minimum Wages Commission.
Dufresne attended schools at the Saint-Sauveur orphanage, Saint-Sauveur Academy and St. Mary's College.
He was elected to Parliament at the Quebec West
riding in the 1953 general election
as a Progressive Conservative, defeating Liberal party
incumbent Charles Parent
. Dufresne served only one term in Parliament before Liberal René Bégin
won the riding back in the 1957 election
. His next attempt to win a House of Commons seat was made in the 1972 election
where he was a Social Credit
candidate at Langelier riding, but was unable to unseat incumbent Jean Marchand
. His last federal campaign was in the 1979 election
at Québec-Est
where he returned to the Progressive Conservative party, but was again unsuccessful.
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
The House of Commons of Canada is a component of the Parliament of Canada, along with the Sovereign and the Senate. The House of Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 308 members known as Members of Parliament...
. Born in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, he held various other jobs such as interior decorator, promoter, teacher, a Quebec provincial public servant, a federal statistician for the Minimum Wages Commission.
Dufresne attended schools at the Saint-Sauveur orphanage, Saint-Sauveur Academy and St. Mary's College.
He was elected to Parliament at the Quebec West
Quebec West
Quebec West was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935, and from 1949 to 1968.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867...
riding in the 1953 general election
Canadian federal election, 1953
The Canadian federal election of 1953 was held on August 10 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 22nd Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Louis St...
as a Progressive Conservative, defeating Liberal party
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
incumbent Charles Parent
Charles Parent
Charles Eugène Parent was a Liberal party and Independent Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Quebec City, Quebec and became a lawyer by career....
. Dufresne served only one term in Parliament before Liberal René Bégin
René Bégin
René Bégin was a Canadian politician and wholesaler. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1957 election as a Member of the Liberal Party for the riding of Quebec West. He lost the 1953 election as an Independendent Liberal candidate and lost the elections of 1958 and 1962 as a...
won the riding back in the 1957 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...
. His next attempt to win a House of Commons seat was made in the 1972 election
Canadian federal election, 1972
The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...
where he was a Social Credit
Social Credit Party of Canada
The Social Credit Party of Canada was a conservative-populist political party in Canada that promoted social credit theories of monetary reform...
candidate at Langelier riding, but was unable to unseat incumbent Jean Marchand
Jean Marchand
Jean Marchand, PC, CC was a well known French Canadian public figure, trade unionist and politician in Quebec, Canada....
. His last federal campaign was in the 1979 election
Canadian federal election, 1979
The Canadian federal election of 1979 was held on May 22, 1979 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 31st Parliament of Canada. It resulted in the defeat of Liberal Party of Canada after 11 years in power under Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. Joe Clark led the Progressive...
at Québec-Est
Quebec East
Quebec East was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 2004....
where he returned to the Progressive Conservative party, but was again unsuccessful.