Roland Beaudry

Roland Beaudry
Member of the Canadian Parliament for St. James
In office 1945–1953
Preceded by	Eugène Durocher
Succeeded by	District was abolished in 1952
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Jacques
In office 1953–1958
Preceded by	District was created in 1952
Succeeded by	Charles-Édouard Campeau
Personal details
Born	(1906-02-14)14 February 1906 Montreal, Quebec
Died	14 December 1964(1964-12-14) (aged 58)
Political party	Liberal
Occupation	journalist publicist publisher

Joseph Marie Paul Lucien Roland Beaudry (14 February 1906 – 14 December 1964) was a Canadian politician, journalist, publicist and publisher.

Biography

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1945 election as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of St. James. He was re-elected in 1949 in St. James, and 1953 and 1957 in Saint-Jacques.

Involvement in sports

Beaudry was also a sports broadcaster and an amateur ice hockey player, a goaltender, and a member of the 1927 Montreal Victorias ice hockey team that toured Europe and played against teams in Sweden (Stockholm), France, Germany, Austria (Vienna), Switzerland (Davos), Italy (Milan) and England. Also a recreational tennis player there was a story retold in the 23 February, 1935 issue of the Montreal Gazette where Beaudry during a banquet in Stockholm had agreed to play tennis against one Mr. Gay ("Mr. G") the next morning, but Beaudry slept in the next morning after a late night out the previous day, apparently unaware of that "Mr. Gay" was in fact the Swedish King Gustaf V.