Joseph-Alfred Mongrain

Joseph-Alfred Mongrain
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Trois-Rivières
In office 1965–1970
Preceded by	Léon Balcer
Succeeded by	Claude Lajoie
Personal details
Born	(1908-12-28)December 28, 1908 St-Tite, Mauricie, Quebec
Died	December 23, 1970(1970-12-23) (aged 61) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Occupation	Public relations officer

Joseph-Alfred Mongrain was a politician from Quebec, Canada.

Background

He was born on December 28, 1908, in St-Tite, Mauricie. He was a public relations officer.

Mayor of Trois-Rivières

He was Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1949 to 1953 and from 1960 to 1963.

Provincial politics

He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1952 in the district of Trois-Rivières against Premier Maurice Duplessis. Duplessis was re-elected.

Member of Parliament

He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1953 in the district of Trois-Rivières and in 1958 in the district of Champlain. Each time he lost.

He won as an Independent candidate in the district of Trois-Rivières in the 1965 federal election. He was re-elected in 1968 as a Liberal.

1968 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	17,592	46.2	+12.6
	Progressive Conservative	Gilles Gauthier	10,501	27.6	+12.4
	Ralliement créditiste	Émile Fréchette	7,305	19.2	+11.3
	New Democratic	Philippe Daviault	1,724	4.5	+2.2
	Independent	Gaston Pelletier	566	1.5
	Independent	Lucien Bornais	364	1.0
Total valid votes			38,052	100.0

1965 Canadian federal election: Trois-Rivières
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph-Alfred Mongrain	12,927	40.9
	Liberal	Pierre Garceau	10,617	33.6	-6.5
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Méthot	4,799	15.2	-29.5
	Ralliement créditiste	Philippe Daviault	2,488	7.9	-5.1
	New Democratic	Joseph Rivard	749	2.4	+0.2
Total valid votes			31,580	100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

Death

Mongrain died in office on December 23, 1970.