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Gérald Beaudoin

Died on September 10, 2008

Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1929)

Gérald A. Beaudoin (April 15, 1929 – September 10, 2008) was a Canadian lawyer and Senator.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he received a B.A., an LL.L and an M.A. from the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1954.

He was appointed to the Senate in 1988 representing the Senatorial division of Rigaud, Quebec. He retired at the mandatory age of 75 in 2004. He sat as a Progressive Conservative and then as a Conservative.

After his political career, he taught constitutional law at the faculty of civil law at the University of Ottawa.

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Deaths on September 10

Gérald Beaudoin

Died on September 10, 2008

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