J.-Wilfrid Dufresne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
About J.-Wilfrid Dufresne
- J.-Wilfrid Dufresne (5 August 1911 – 30 June 1982) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
- Born in Quebec City, Quebec, he held various other jobs such as interior decorator, promoter, teacher, a Quebec provincial public servant, a federal statistician for the Minimum Wages Commission.Dufresne attended schools at the Saint-Sauveur orphanage, Saint-Sauveur Academy and St.
- Mary's College.He was elected to Parliament at the Quebec West riding in the 1953 general election as a Progressive Conservative, defeating Liberal party incumbent Charles Parent.
- Dufresne served only one term in Parliament before Liberal René Bégin won the riding back in the 1957 election.
- His next attempt to win a House of Commons seat was made in the 1972 election where he was a Social Credit candidate at Langelier riding, but was unable to unseat incumbent Jean Marchand.
- His last federal campaign was in the 1979 election at Québec-Est where he returned to the Progressive Conservative party, but was again unsuccessful.
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