Claude Tessier
Canadian politician
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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.
Preceded byHenry Latulippe
Succeeded byFrançois Gérin
Born8 February 1943
Sainte-Thècle, Quebec
Died8 November 2010 (aged 67)
Claude Tessier | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Compton (renamed to Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead in 1978) | |
| In office 1974–1979 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Latulippe |
| Succeeded by | François Gérin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1943 Sainte-Thècle, Quebec |
| Died | 8 November 2010 (aged 67) |
| Party | Liberal |
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
| 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 | ||||||
