Robert Perron was a Progressive Conservative party

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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 and a lawyer.

He was educated at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatiere College, then at Université Laval

Université Laval

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 where he graduated with a Bachelor of Civil Law

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 (LL.L) degree. Perron was appointed Queen's Counsel

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 on 19 October 1955.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Dorchester

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 riding in the 1953 general election

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. He served only one term, the 22nd Canadian Parliament

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, then was defeated by Joseph-Armand Landry

Joseph-Armand Landry

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 of the Liberal party

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 in the 1957 election

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. Perron made another attempt to win back the Dorchester riding in 1963

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, but was unsuccessful in unseating Social Credit

Social Credit Party of Canada

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 incumbent Pierre-André Boutin

Pierre-André Boutin

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. Perron was also unsuccessful when he campaigned at the Quebec East

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 riding in the 1965 election

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