Bona Arsenault
Bona Arsenault | |
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Canadian Parliament for Bonaventure | |
| In office 1945–1957 | |
| Preceded by | Alphée Poirier |
| Succeeded by | Nérée Arsenault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 4, 1903 Bonaventure, Quebec |
| Died | July 4, 1993 (aged 89) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Other political affiliations | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Cabinet | Quebec: Minister of Lands and Forests (1960–1962) Minister of Fisheries and Game (1962–1963) Provincial Secretary (1963–1966) |
Bona Arsenault, CM (October 4, 1903 – July 4, 1993) was a Canadian historian, genealogist and a federal and provincial politician.
Born in Bonaventure, Quebec, the son of Joseph-Georges Arsenault and Marcelline Gauthier, he studied at Université Laval and University of Connecticut.
In the
National Government candidate in the Quebec riding of Bonaventure and was defeated. He was elected as an Independent candidate in the 1945 election. And was re-elected in 1949 and 1953, as a Liberal candidate. He was defeated in 1957
.
Turning back to provincial politics, he was elected in
Matapédia. He was re-elected in 1962, 1966, 1970, and 1973. He was defeated in 1976. He was also a cabinet minister hold various posts in the Jean Lesage government, and he wrote the book Histoire et généalogie des Acadiens. In 1980, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada
.
His grandson, by marriage, is Patrick Roy.[1]
References
- ISBN 978-1-6293-7165-8.
External links
- Bona Arsenault – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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