Rodrigue Bourdages

Rodrigue Bourdages (22 October 1923 – 12 October 1997) was a Canadian politician and contractor. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1958 to represent the riding of Laval. He was defeated in the 1957 election as an independent candidate and as a PC candidate in 1962.

Rodrigue Bourdages
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Laval
In office 1958–1962
Preceded by	Léopold Demers
Succeeded by	Jean-Léo Rochon
Personal details
Born	(1923-10-22)22 October 1923 Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Died	12 October 1997(1997-10-12) (aged 73)
Political party	Independent (1957-1958) Progressive Conservative Party (1958-)
Occupation	contractor

1962 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jean-Léo Rochon	36,248	49.5	+3.3
	Progressive Conservative	J.-Rodrigue Bourdages	22,843	31.2	-16.3
	New Democratic	Louis-Ph. Lecours	5,302	7.2	+3.3
	Independent Liberal	Adrien Bonin	4,513	6.2
	Social Credit	Léopold Mercier	4,294	5.9
Total valid votes			73,200	100.0

1958 Canadian federal election: Laval
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Rodrigue Bourdages	26,076	47.5	+34.8
	Liberal	Léopold Demers	25,363	46.2	-14.4
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Jacques Champagne	2,165	3.9	+1.2
	Independent PC	Alexandre Joly	796	1.5
	Independent Liberal	Arthur Prévost	476	0.9
Total valid votes			54,876	100.0

External links

• Rodrigue Bourdages – Parliament of Canada biography