Réal Caouette
| Réal Caouette | |
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Caouette in 1945.
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| Leader of the Ralliement Créditiste | |
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In office 1963–1971 |
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| Preceded by | position created |
| Succeeded by | position abolished, merged with the Social Credit Party of Canada |
| Leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada | |
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In office October 9, 1971 – December 16, 1976 |
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| Preceded by | Alexander Bell Patterson |
| Succeeded by | André-Gilles Fortin |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Témiscamingue |
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In office 1968–1976 |
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| Preceded by | riding created |
| Succeeded by | Gilles Caouette |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Villeneuve |
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In office 1962–1968 |
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| Preceded by | Armand Dumas |
| Succeeded by | Oza Tétrault |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Pontiac |
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In office 1946–1949 |
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| Preceded by | Wallace McDonald |
| Succeeded by | riding abolished |
| Personal details | |
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David Réal Caouette September 26, 1917 Amos, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | December 16, 1976 (aged 59) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Social Credit Party of Canada |
| Children |
Gilles Caouette others unknown |
| Occupation | Automobile dealer Businessman Garage owner / operator Insurance agent Manager Journalist Member of Parliament Politician |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
David Réal Caouette (September 26, 1917 – December 16, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) and leader of the Social Credit Party of Canada and founder of the Ralliement des créditistes. Outside politics he worked as a car dealer.
His son, Gilles Caouette, was also a Social Credit MP and was briefly acting leader of the party.
Born in Amos, in the Abitibi region of Quebec, Caouette was converted to the social credit philosophy in 1939. He was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1946 by-election in Pontiac for the Union des electeurs, a pro-Social Credit group in Quebec. He sat as a Social Credit MP once elected. In the 1949 election, his home was drawn into the newly created Villeneuve, and he was defeated as a Union des électeurs candidate.
He ran again in the 1953, 1957 and 1958 elections, but was unsuccessful each time. He also ran provincially, for the Quebec Liberal Party, in the 1956 provincial election but was defeated. In 1958, he broke with Union des électeurs founders Louis Even and Gilberte Côté-Mercier, and joined Social Credit forming Ralliement des créditistes as the national party's Quebec wing of which he became the uncontested leader.
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