Antonio Yanakis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Antonio Yanakis
- Antonio Yanakis (6 July 1922 – 21 November 1997) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became an industrialist by career after receiving a Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University in Montreal. He represented the Quebec riding of Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière, later Berthier then Berthier—Maskinongé, since winning a seat in the 1965 federal election.
- Yanakis was re-elected in 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1980. Yanakis was defeated in the 1984 federal election by Robert de Cotret of the Progressive Conservative party.
- He made another unsuccessful bid to unseat de Cotret in the 1988 election as an independent candidate.
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