Louis-Philippe-Antoine Bélanger (April 17, 1907 in Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet, Quebec

Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet, Quebec

Saint-Damase is a small village in Quebec, Canada with a population of 650 people nestled in the Appalachian mountains. It is located about 15 kilometres southeast of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli....

, Canada

Canada

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 – June 14, 1989) was a Canadian politician

Politician

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, clerk, forester

Forester

250px|thumb|right|Foresters of [[Southern University of Chile|UACh]] in the [[Valdivian forest]]s of San Pablo de Tregua, ChileA forester is a person who practices forestry, the science, art, and profession of managing forests. Foresters engage in a broad range of activities including timber...

, land surveyor

Surveying

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 and machinist

Machinist

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. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in 1962 as a Member of the Social Credit Party of Canada

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...

 to represent the riding

Electoral district (Canada)

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 of Charlevoix

Charlevoix (electoral district)

Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from 1949 to 2004....

. He was re-elected in 1963 and defeated in 1945 in the riding of Charlevoix—Saguenay

Charlevoix—Saguenay

Charlevoix—Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1925 to 1949.This riding was created in 1924 from parts of Charlevoix—Montmorency and Chicoutimi—Saguenay ridings....

. Prior to his federal political experience, he was elected mayor of Beaupré, Quebec

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec

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 in 1945 and served until 1964.