Claude Tessier

Claude Tessier (8 February 1943 – 8 November 2010) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a professor and administrator by career.

Claude Tessier
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Compton (renamed to Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead in 1978)
In office 1974–1979
Preceded by	Henry Latulippe
Succeeded by	François Gérin
Personal details
Born	(1943-02-08)8 February 1943 Sainte-Thècle, Quebec
Died	8 November 2010(2010-11-08) (aged 67)
Political party	Liberal

Born in Sainte-Thècle, Quebec, Tessier represented the Quebec riding of Compton, later known as Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead. Following an unsuccessful attempt to gain the riding in the 1972 federal election, he defeated the Social Credit incumbent Henry Latulippe in the 1974 election. Tessier was re-elected in 1979 and 1980, but lost to François Gérin of the Progressive Conservative party in the 1984 election. Tessier served three successive terms from the 30th to 32nd Canadian Parliaments.

electoral record

1979 Canadian federal election: Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Tessier	19,309
	Social Credit	Henry Latulippe	9,047
	Progressive Conservative	Claude G. Gosselin	7,463
	New Democratic	Murray Dale Powell	1,316
	Union populaire	Robert Huberdeau	281

1980 Canadian federal election: Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Claude Tessier	21,562
	Progressive Conservative	Fernand Grenier	10,336
	Social Credit	Léonel Drouin	3,023
	New Democratic	Keith Taylor	1,769
	Rhinoceros	D. Gavroche Gosselin	1,002
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1984 Canadian federal election: Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Progressive Conservative	François Gérin	25,679
	Liberal	Claude Tessier	13,123
	New Democratic	Jean-Pierre Walsh	2,690
	Green	Andrew McCammon	454
	Parti nationaliste	Michel Houde	427
	Social Credit	Robert Bélanger	399
	Commonwealth of Canada	Ronald A. Javitch	51