André Léveillé
André Léveillé | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Maisonneuve | |
In office 1966–1970 | |
Preceded by | Marcel Dupré |
Succeeded by | Robert Burns |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec | August 11, 1933
Died | January 18, 2017 | (aged 83)
Political party | Union Nationale |
André Léveillé (August 11, 1933 – January 18, 2017)[1] was a Canadian politician in Quebec.[2]
Background
He was born on August 11, 1933, in Montreal and was an accountant by profession.
Member of the legislature
Léveillé won a seat to the
Party Leader
He was defeated at the Union Nationale leadership conventions of 1969, when he placed last with 22 votes, and in 1971, when he received no votes on the first ballot.
Out of politics, Léveillé worked as a realtor and served as a
On October 11, 1985, he re-entered political life by founding the Parti du progrès (Progress Party) but then resigned from the party two weeks later when he was appointed interim leader of the Union Nationale, leading the party into the December 2, 1985, provincial election in which the party received 0.23% of the vote. Léveillé finished a distant fourth in his own district against Louise Harel with 1.3% of the vote. The Union Nationale ran only 19 candidates, none of whom were elected. Léveillé resigned as party leader on December 7, 1985.[4] The Union Nationale would not contest another general election prior to being deregistered by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec in 1989.
References
- ^ André LÉVEILLÉ Obituary
- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ "The Montreal Gazette - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "André Léveillé - National Assembly of Québec".