Calixte F. Savoie was a Canadian

Canada

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 businessman, school principal, teacher, and politician.

Born in Bouctouche, New Brunswick

Bouctouche, New Brunswick

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, he was summoned to the Canadian Senate

Canadian Senate

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 in 1955. An Independent Liberal, he represented the senatorial division of L'Acadie, New Brunswick. He resigned in 1970.

École Calixte-F.-Savoie in Sainte-Anne-de-Kent, New Brunswick is named in his honour.

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