Romuald Montézuma Gendron (5 December 1865 – 26 October 1946) 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 Sault-Montmorency, Canada East

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 and became a contractor and farmer.

The son of Ambroise Gendron and Esther Chamberland, he was educated in Quebec City

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 and settled in Maniwaki

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. In 1899, Gendron married Corinne Joanis. He was elected to Parliament at the Wright

Wright (electoral district)

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 riding in the 1921 general election

Canadian federal election, 1921

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. After completing his only term, the 14th Canadian Parliament

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, Gendron left the House of Commons and did not seek another term in the 1925 election

Canadian federal election, 1925

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Gendron was also a Quebec Crown Lands agent from 1897 to 1921 and a Fish and Game warden from 1900 to 1921.

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