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Claude Tessier

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Claude Tessier
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Compton (renamed to Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead in 1978)
In office
1974–1979
Preceded byHenry Latulippe
Succeeded byFrançois Gérin
Personal details
Born(1943-02-08)8 February 1943
Sainte-Thècle, Quebec
Died8 November 2010(2010-11-08) (aged 67)
Political partyLiberal

Claude Tessier (8 February 1943 – 8 November 2010) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.[1] He was a professor and administrator by career.

Born in Sainte-Thècle, Quebec, Tessier represented the Quebec riding of Compton, later known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead. Following an unsuccessful attempt to gain the riding in the 1972 federal election, he defeated the Social Credit incumbent Henry Latulippe in the 1974 election. Tessier was re-elected in 1979 and 1980, but lost to François Gérin of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1984 election. Tessier served three successive terms from the 30th to 32nd Canadian Parliaments.

electoral record

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1979 Canadian federal election: Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Claude Tessier 19,309
Social Credit Henry Latulippe 9,047
Progressive Conservative Claude G. Gosselin 7,463
New Democratic Murray Dale Powell 1,316
Union populaire Robert Huberdeau 281
1980 Canadian federal election: Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Claude Tessier 21,562
Progressive Conservative Fernand Grenier 10,336
Social Credit Léonel Drouin 3,023
New Democratic Keith Taylor 1,769
Rhinoceros D. Gavroche Gosselin 1,002
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1984 Canadian federal election: Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
Progressive Conservative François Gérin 25,679
Liberal Claude Tessier 13,123
New Democratic Jean-Pierre Walsh 2,690
Green Andrew McCammon 454
Parti nationaliste Michel Houde 427
Social Credit Robert Bélanger 399
Commonwealth of Canada Ronald A. Javitch 51

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