About Gérard Desjardins
Lived 1909 – 1962 (aged 53). Gérard Desjardins was a politician.
Gérard Desjardins (June 27, 1909 – December 25, 1962) was a Canadian politician in Quebec. He represented
Gatineau in the Quebec National Assembly from 1948 to 1962 as a Union Nationale member.
The son of Ovila Desjardins, a farmer, and Alma Miron, he was born in Lac-des-Écorces. He was educated there and went on to earn a commercial diploma from the Séminaire Saint-Joseph in Mont-Laurier. From 1927 to 1934, he was a clerk for the Canadian International Paper Company; in 1934, he was transferred to their office in Maniwaki where he later became responsible for accounting, working there until 1948. In 1943, he opened an insurance office in Maniwaki.
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Gérard Desjardins was born on 27 June 1909 in Lac-des-Écorces.
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Gérard Desjardins died on 25 December 1962 in Maniwaki.
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