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Canadian politician

Raymond Dupont
Born (1942-12-27) 27 December 1942 (age 82)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)technical and labour consultant, businessman and politician

Raymond Dupont (born 27 December 1942) was a Canadian technical and labour consultant, businessman and politician. He was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.

He was elected at Sainte-Marie electoral district in the 1972 federal election and was re-elected there in 1974. In the 1979 election, he campaigned in the Chambly electoral district and won re-election there. After one more victory in the 1980 election, he was defeated in 1984 by Richard Grisé of the Progressive Conservative party. He made another unsuccessful attempt to re-enter federal politics in the 1988 election at Saint-Hubert riding.

Dupont served four consecutive terms of office from the 29th to the 32nd Canadian Parliaments.

1972 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Marie
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Raymond Dupont 7,945
Progressive Conservative Georges Valade 7,826
Social Credit André Bergeron 3,662
New Democratic Roméo Richer 1,482
Independent Louisette Dussault 713
Independent Réginald (Reggie) Chartrand 696
Independent Jean-Paul Boisjoli 161
1974 Canadian federal election: Sainte-Marie
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Raymond Dupont 8,300
Progressive Conservative Georges Valade 7,902
Social Credit Gaston Pleau 1,229
New Democratic Roméo Richer 1,154
Marxist–Leninist Jacques Bernard 296

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Parliament of Canada
Preceded byGeorges Valade Member of Parliament for Sainte-Marie
1972–1979
Succeeded byThe electoral district was abolished in 1976.
Preceded byBernard Loiselle Member of Parliament for Chambly
1979–1984
Succeeded byRichard Grisé


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