Camillien Houde
Camillien Houde (August 13, 1889 - September 11, 1958) was a mayor of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Born in Montreal and first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a member of the Conservative Party in 1923, he was defeated in 1927 but re-elected in a by-election on October 24, 1928. He was elected leader of the Conservative Party on July 10, 1929 but lost the 1931 election and failed to win a seat. He resigned as Conservative leader on September 19, 1932.
He moved to federal politics and lost in a bid for election as a Conservative candidate in a by-election in 1938, but won election in 1949 as an independent candidate. He did not run for re-election in 1953.
Simultaneously, he was mayor of Montreal from 1928 to 1932, from 1934 to 1936, from 1938 to 1940, and from 1944 to 1954. Due to his outspoken opposition to conscription during World War II, he was arrested in 1940 and confined in an internment camp in Ontario until 1944.
On his death in 1958, Camillien Houde was interred in the Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal, Quebec.
Elections as party leader
Quebec: He lost the 1931 election.
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