Prosper Boulanger was a Canadian politician

Politician

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 and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 in 1962

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 as a Member of the Liberal Party

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 to represent the riding

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 of Mercier

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. He was re-elected in 1963

Canadian federal election, 1963

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, 1965

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, 1968

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, 1972

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 and 1974

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. During his political career, he was Chair of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and also a member of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Forestry and the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Procedure and Organization and served as Assistant Deputy Chair of Committees of the Whole. Boulanger was also a councillor

Councillor

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 on the Montreal City Council

Montreal City Council

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 and also served in the Royal Canadian Air Force

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 between 1939 and 1946.