Gérard Duquet was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Montmorency, Quebec and became a business agent, businessman and manager by career.

He represented the Quebec East

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 electoral district which he first won in the 1965 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1965

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. He won re-election in the 1968

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, 1972

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, 1974

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, 1979

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 and 1980 federal elections

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. Duquet served six consecutive terms from the 27th

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 through the 32nd Canadian Parliament

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Duquet was defeated in the 1984 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1984

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 by Marcel Tremblay

Marcel Tremblay (Quebec City)

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 of the Progressive Conservative party

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