Jean-Louis Frenette (21 September 1920 – 9 April 2008) was a Social Credit party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an architectural draftsman by career.

Jean-Louis Frenette
Member of Parliament
for Portneuf
In office
June 1962 – September 1965
Personal details
Born(1920-09-21)21 September 1920
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Quebec, Canada
Died9 April 2008(2008-04-09) (aged 87)[1]
Saint-Marc-des-Carrières, Quebec, Canada
Political partySocial Credit
Professionarchitectural draftsman

He was first elected at the Portneuf riding in the 1962 general election then re-elected there in 1963. After completing his term in the 26th Parliament, he became an independent candidate at Portneuf in the 1965 election but was defeated by Roland Godin of the Ralliement créditiste.

Electoral record

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1965 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ralliement créditiste Roland Godin 6,539 33.6 -22.8
Liberal Albert Neilson 5,390 27.7 -5.6
Independent (x)Jean-Louis Frenette 3,725 19.2
Progressive Conservative Gilbert Ouellet 3,400 17.5 +15.2
Independent PC Louis-Philippe Bertrand 213 1.1
New Democratic Fernand Lepage 184 0.9
Total valid votes 19,451 100.0

Note: Ralliement créditiste vote is compared to Social Credit vote in the 1963 election.

1963 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit (x)Jean-Louis Frenette 11,473 56.5 +1.4
Liberal Andrée-Robert Rivard 6,776 33.3 +8.9
Independent PC Grégoire Martel 1,616 8.0
Progressive Conservative René-Paul-Joseph Plourde 459 2.3 -18.3
Total valid votes 20,324 100.0
1962 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Social Credit Jean-Louis Frenette 12,089 55.0
Liberal J.-Gérard Maltais 5,377 24.5 -22.4
Progressive Conservative Louis Dussault 4,510 20.5 -32.6
Total valid votes 21,976 100.0

References

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  1. ^ Le Soleil, Québec, QC Obituaries
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