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Roland Godin

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Roland Godin
Member of Parliament
for Portneuf
In office
November 1965 – May 1974
Preceded byJean-Louis Frenette
Succeeded byPierre Bussières
Personal details
Born(1926-10-11)11 October 1926
Neuville, Quebec, Canada
Died22 June 2009(2009-06-22) (aged 82)
Donnacona, Quebec, Canada
Political partySocial Credit
Professionmanager

Roland Godin (11 October 1926[1] – 22 June 2009) was a Ralliement créditiste and Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a manager by career.

Godin was born in Neuville, Quebec. He was first elected to Parliament at the Portneuf riding in the 1965 general election and re-elected in the 1968 and 1972. From 1966 to 1971, his party was known as the Ralliement créditiste. Godin was defeated in the 1974 federal election by Pierre Bussières of the Liberal party.

He ran for the Ralliement créditiste du Québec in the 1976 provincial election and finished fourth against Liberal incumbent Michel Pagé in Portneuf.[2]

Godin died at Donnacona, Quebec on 22 June 2009.[1]

1974 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Pierre Bussières 25,620 48.8 +5.9
Social Credit (x)Roland Godin 19,456 37.1 -6.8
Progressive Conservative Fernand Paquet 4,427 8.4 -0.2
New Democratic Hervé Gauthier 2,980 5.7 +1.2
Total valid votes 52,483 100.0
1972 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit (x)Roland Godin 23,626 43.9 -4.4
Liberal Claude Bernard 23,113 42.9 +6.1
Progressive Conservative Jean-Luc Godin 4,664 8.7 -3.2
New Democratic Rémi Morissette 2,430 4.5 +1.5
Total valid votes 53,833 100.0
Note: Social Credit vote is compared to Ralliement créditiste vote in the 1968 election.
Source: lop.parl.ca
1968 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ralliement créditiste (x)Roland Godin 18,328 48.3 +14.7
Liberal Jules Lapierre 13,965 36.8 +9.1
Progressive Conservative Marcel Martineau 4,519 11.9 -5.6
New Democratic Fernand Drolet 1,126 3.0 +2.0
Total valid votes 37,938 100.0
1965 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ralliement créditiste Roland Godin 6,539 33.6 -22.8
Liberal Albert Neilson 5,390 27.7 -5.6
Independent (x)Jean-Louis Frenette 3,725 19.2
Progressive Conservative Gilbert Ouellet 3,400 17.5 +15.2
Independent PC Louis-Philippe Bertrand 213 1.1
New Democratic Fernand Lepage 184 0.9
Total valid votes 19,451 100.0

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Godin, Roland". Avis de deces.ca. Retrieved 6 July 2009. Obituary claims death at 83 years, 8 months, which would make the birthdate c. October 1925 instead of 1926 as indicated in Parliament of Canada biography.
  2. ^ Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec, accessed 8 January 2011.
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