Roméo Gagné

Roméo Gagné
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Rivière-du-Loup
In office 1948–1956
Preceded by	Léon Casgrain
Succeeded by	Alphonse Couturier
Personal details
Born	(1905-09-15)September 15, 1905 Mont-Joli, Quebec
Died	August 2, 1959(1959-08-02) (aged 53) Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Political party	Union Nationale

Roméo Gagné (French pronunciation: [ʁɔmeo ɡaɲe]; September 15, 1905 – August 2, 1959) was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]

Background

He was born on September 15, 1905, in Mont-Joli, Bas-Saint-Laurent.

City Councillor

Gagné was a city councillor in Rivière-du-Loup from 1945 to 1951.

Member of the legislature

He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1944 and 1948 elections against Liberal incumbent Léon Casgrain in the district of Rivière-du-Loup. He lost the first time, but was successful on his second attempt.

Gagné was re-elected in the 1952 election, but did not run for re-election in the 1956 election.

Death

Casgrain died on August 2, 1959.

References

1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.