Léonel Beaudoin is a former Canadian politician

Politician

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 and insurance agent. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the 1968 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1968

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 as a Member of the Ralliement Créditiste

Ralliement créditiste

Historically in Quebec, Canada, there was a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. There were various parties at different times with different names at the provincial level, all broadly following the social credit philosophy; at various times they had...

 to represent the riding

Electoral district (Canada)

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 of Richmond

Richmond—Wolfe

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. After that party merged with the Social Credit Party of Canada

Social Credit Party of Canada

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, he was re-elected as a Social Credit candidate in the 1972

Canadian federal election, 1972

The Canadian federal election of 1972 was held on October 30, 1972 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 29th Parliament of Canada. It resulted in a slim victory for the governing Liberal Party, which won 109 seats, compared to 107 seats for the opposition Progressive...

 and 1974 federal elections

Canadian federal election, 1974

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. He ran unsuccessfully in the 1965

Canadian federal election, 1965

The Canadian federal election of 1965 was held on November 8 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 27th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson was re-elected with a larger number of seats in the House...

 election in the riding of Richmond--Wolfe. He was a member of various standing committees

Standing committee (Canada)

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.