Maurice Dumas

Maurice Dumas (1 May 1927 – 18 January 2015) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2000. He was a professor by career. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

He was elected in the Argenteuil—Papineau electoral district under the Bloc Québécois party in the 1993 and 1997 general elections, serving in the 35th and 36th Canadian Parliaments respectively. Dumas retired from Canadian politics in 2000.

Electoral record (partial)

Canadian federal election, 1997: Argenteuil—Papineau
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Maurice Dumas	21,202	40.87		$62,394
	Liberal	Stéphane Hébert	17,648	34.02	–	$38,356
	Progressive Conservative	André Robert	11,171	21.54		$22,288
	New Democratic	Didier Charles	836	1.61		$360
	Natural Law	Marie-Thérèse Nault	509	0.98		$0
	Christian Heritage	Laurent Filion	505	0.97		$3,337
Total valid votes			51,871	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,869
Turnout			53,740	71.37
Electors on the lists			75,301
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

References

• Maurice Dumas – Parliament of Canada biography