Frédéric Dorion

Frédéric Dorion's parliamentary career exemplifies the volatility of mid-century Quebec politics, as he parlayed an initial Independent victory in 1945 into a subsequent alignment with the Progressive Conservative Party that ultimately proved electorally unproductive. His shift from Independent to PC affiliation, combined with declining vote totals across his three candidacies, suggests difficulty in establishing durable support within traditional party structures or in retaining the personalistic appeal that had secured his initial election. The geographic redistribution of his subsequent campaigns—from Charlevoix–Saguenay to Saguenay to Charlevoix proper—further indicates that party machinery could not compensate for the loss of momentum that characterizes many one-term MPs of this period.

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Election	Electoral District	Political Party	Votes	Elected
CAN (Jun 1945)	Charlevoix--Saguenay	Independent/Indépendant	12,430	Yes
CAN (Jun 1949)	Saguenay	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada	5,651	No
CAN (Aug 1953)	Charlevoix	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada	7,259	No

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CAN (Jun 1945)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Charlevoix--Saguenay	Independent/Indépendant	12,430	Yes

CAN (Jun 1949)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Saguenay	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada	5,651	No

CAN (Aug 1953)

Electoral district	Political party	Votes	Elected
Charlevoix	Progressive Conservative Party of Canada/Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada	7,259	No

Political Party	Candidacies
independent/indépendant	1
progressive conservative party of canada/parti progressiste-conservateur du canada	2

Frédéric Dorion

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CAN (Jun 1945)

CAN (Jun 1949)

CAN (Aug 1953)

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