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Yves Forest

Yves Forest

Canadian politician (1921–2019)

Yves Forest, QC (25 June 1921 – 18 July 2019) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career.

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Stanstead, Member of Parliament for Missisquoi ...

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Forest attended school at Saint-Charles Seminary in Sherbrooke, then earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws at Université de Montréal.[1]

He was first elected at the Stanstead riding in the 1963 general election then re-elected there in the 1965 election. In the 1968 election, he was elected to another Parliamentary term at Missisquoi riding. Forest left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1972 federal election at Brome—Missisquoi.

Since January 2004, Forest became a director of the Historical Society of Magog and was honoured for his work in November 2009.[2] He died in July 2019 at the age of 98.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Normandin, Pierre G. (1965). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. [2]
    "AGA et hommage à Yves Forest (AGM and homage to Yves Forest)" (in French). 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. [3]
    L’ancien député Yves Forest s’éteint à 98 ans


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