J.H. Théogène Ricard, PC

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 (April 30, 1909 - 7 April 2006) was a Canadian

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 politician.

An insurance agent by training, Ricard was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 in the 1957 election

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 as the Progressive Conservative

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 Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

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. In 1962, he was appointed Chief Government Whip and parliamentary secretary

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 to the Prime Minister of Canada

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. Prior to the 1963 general election

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, he was promoted to the Cabinet of John Diefenbaker

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 as minister without portfolio

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. Although he kept his seat in the election, the Diefenbaker government was defeated, and Ricard's Cabinet career came to an end after barely a month.

Ricard remained in Parliament

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 as an opposition MP through the 1965

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 and 1968 general elections

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, and retired from politics in 1972.