Candide Rochefort (February 8, 1904 – June 24, 1971) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]

Candide Rochefort
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal–Sainte-Marie
In office
1935–1939
Preceded byGaspard Fauteux
Succeeded byCamillien Houde
Personal details
Born(1904-02-08)February 8, 1904
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
DiedJune 24, 1971(1971-06-24) (aged 67)
Montreal, Quebec
Resting placeNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Political partyAction libérale nationale
Union Nationale

Early life edit

He was born on February 8, 1904, in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec and became a brick mason.

City politics edit

Rochefort ran for Mayor of Montreal in 1936 and 1938 and each time finished a distant third.

Member of the legislature edit

He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Montréal–Sainte-Marie in the 1935 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Gaspard Fauteux. Rochefort joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Mayor of Montreal Camillien Houde in the 1939 election.

Death edit

He died on June 24, 1971, in Montreal.

References edit

  1. ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.