Joseph Fontaine
Canadian politician
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| Intro | Canadian politician | |
| Places | Canada | |
| was | Politician Farmer | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 26 August 1900 | |
| Death | 16 October 1986 (aged 86 years) | |
| Politics: | Liberal Party Of Canada |
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Joseph Louis-Rosario Fontaine (26 August 1900 –16 October 1986) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born at Saint-Damase, Quebec. He was a master butcher, meat cutter, farmer and merchant by career.
Fontaine was mayor of Notre-Dame-de-Saint-Hyacinthe parish between 1938 and 1952. He was first elected to Parliament at the St. Hyacinthe—Bagot riding in the 1945 general election. With a minor spelling change to the riding in 1947, he was re-elected at Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot in 1949 and 1953. He was defeated by Théogène Ricard of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1957 election.