Claude Lajoie

Claude Lajoie
9th Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
In office
July 1984  July 1985
Preceded by Thomas Guy Bowie
Succeeded by René Jalbert
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Trois-Rivières
In office
1971–1984
Preceded by Joseph-Alfred Mongrain
Succeeded by Pierre H. Vincent
Personal details
Born (1928-01-26)26 January 1928
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Died 15 May 2015(2015-05-15) (aged 87)
Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Political party Liberal Party of Canada
Occupation Building contractor, businessman

Claude G. Lajoie (26 January 1928 – 15 May 2015) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was a businessman and building contractor by career.[1][2]

Born in Trois-Rivières, he represented Quebec's Trois-Rivières electoral district since his victory there in a by-election on 31 May 1971. He was re-elected in the 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1980 federal elections. After serving consecutive terms from the 28th through the 32nd Canadian Parliaments, Lajoie left national politics and did not campaign in the 1984 election.

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