About Gaston Péloquin
Lived 1939 – 1994 (aged 54). Gaston Péloquin was a Canadian politician and teacher.
Gaston Péloquin (11 December 1939 – 1 September 1994) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Brome—Missisquoi in the House of Commons from 1993 to 1994.
He was born in Granby, Quebec. Péloquin, who was a teacher before entering politics, was elected in the 1993 election as a Bloc Québécois candidate. However, after less than a year in office, he died in a car accident on 1 September 1994, when he crashed his car while driving on a curve near Sutton, Quebec. He was pronounced dead a local hospital, at the age of 54.
Péloquin had a son, whom he adopted from Haiti while working there as a teacher.
In the resulting byelection, he was succeeded by Denis Paradis.
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Who was Gaston Péloquin?
Canadian politician
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Gaston Péloquin was born on 11 December 1939 in Granby.
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Gaston Péloquin died on 1 September 1994.
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Gaston Péloquin was a politician and teacher.
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Gaston Péloquin was Canadian.
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