Fernand Viau
Canadian politician
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Fernand Viau (24 May 1909 – 3 June 2000) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and had a military career.
Fernand Viau | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Saint Boniface | |
| In office June 1945 – June 1957 | |
| Preceded by | John Power Howden |
| Succeeded by | Louis Deniset |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 May 1909 |
| Died | 3 June 2000 (aged 91) |
| Party | Liberal |
| Profession | Military |
He was first elected at the Saint Boniface riding in the 1945 general election, then re-elected for successive terms there in 1949 and 1953. Viau lost the Liberal party nomination for Saint Boniface for the 1957 election to Louis Deniset. Viau then campaigned in the riding as an Independent Liberal but was defeated by Deniset.[1]
Viau died on 3 June 2000.[2]
Electoral history
| 1957 Canadian federal election: St. Boniface | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Louis Deniset | 7,777 | 31.13 | -12.12 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Nicholas Manchur | 6,216 | 24.88 | -5.03 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Laurier Régnier | 6,040 | 24.18 | -2.65 | ||||
| Social Credit | Dollard Lafrenière | 3,872 | 15.50 | |||||
| Independent Liberal | Fernand Viau | 1,074 | 4.30 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 24,979 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.55 | ||||||
| 1953 Canadian federal election: Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Fernand Viau | 8,051 | 43.3 | -14.1 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Leonard S. Evans | 5,568 | 29.9 | +0.9 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Campbell MacLean | 4,994 | 26.8 | +13.2 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,613 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election: Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Fernand Viau | 10,766 | 57.3 | +20.4 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Andrew Russell Paulley | 5,455 | 29.0 | -0.4 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis Léger | 2,557 | 13.6 | -7.3 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,778 | 100.0 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election: Saint Boniface—Saint Vital | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Fernand Viau | 6,055 | 37.0 | -14.8 | ||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Évariste-Rupert Gagnon | 4,823 | 29.4 | +18.1 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | George Campbell MacLean | 3,421 | 20.9 | -2.5 | ||||
| Social Credit | Charles Anderson Bailey | 1,369 | 8.4 | -3.7 | ||||
| Labor–Progressive | Jules Jerome Pynoo | 710 | 4.3 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 16,378 | 100.0 | ||||||
