Élie-Oscar Bertrand (March 3, 1894 – October 21, 1980) was a businessman and political figure in Ontario, Canada. Bertrand represented Prescott in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1929 to 1949.
He was born in L'Orignal, Ontario in 1894, the son of Louis Bertrand. He married Armande Scott in 1915. He was a merchant at L'Orignal and served as clerk for the municipal council and was mayor from 1922 to 1929. Bertrand was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1929 by-election held after Louis-Mathias Auger resigned his seat. He held the Prescott seat until he was defeated in 1949 by Raymond Bruneau. Shortly afterwards, Bertrand was named to the Canadian Farm Loan Board, a predecessor to Farm Credit Canada, and served until 1960.
| By-election: On Mr. Auger's resignation, 29 August 1929: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 5,152 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Gustave Gustave Évanturel | 3,562 | ||||
| 1930 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 6,572 | ||||||
| Conservative | Edmund Alexander Mooney | 2,326 | ||||||
| 1935 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 6,034 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Louis-Mathias Auger | 3,620 | ||||||
| Conservative | Joseph Saint-Denis | 1,614 | ||||||
| 1940 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 6,431 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Léandre Maisonneuve | 2,028 | ||||||
| National Government | Parnell Tierney | 1,819 | ||||||
| 1945 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 6,623 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis-Pierre Cécile | 1,753 | ||||||
| Bloc populaire | Léandre Maisonneuve | 1,500 | ||||||
| Co-operative Commonwealth | Bernard Dupuis | 408 | ||||||
| 1949 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Raymond Bruneau | 5,380 | ||||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 4,148 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Joseph Saint-Denis | 1,928 | ||||||
References edit
- Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, L. Brault (1963)
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