Clément Vincent
Clément Vincent was a Canadian politician and a Member of the House of Commons of Canada.Background
He was born on May 18, 1931, in Sainte-Perpétue, [Centre-du-Québec, Quebec|Sainte-Perpétue], Centre-du-Québec. He was a farmer and an entrepreneur.Mayor
Vincent served as Mayor of Sainte-Perpétue from January 19, 1959, to January 11, 1961.Member of Parliament
He successfully ran as a Progressive [Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative] candidate for the district Nicolet—Yamaska in the Canadian federal election|1962 federal election]. He was re-elected in the 1963 and 1965 elections, but resigned in 1966 to enter provincial politics.Provincial politics
Vincent won a seat to the Legislative [Assembly of Quebec] in 1966 [Quebec general election|1966] in the district of Nicolet. He supported the Union Nationale and was appointed to the Cabinet, serving as Minister of Agriculture and Colonization from 1966 to 1970. He was re-elected in the 1970 election, but was defeated in the district of Nicolet-Yamaska in the 1973 election.Retirement
From 1978 to 1983, Vincent was employed by the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec. Vincent died on 4 April 2018 at the age of 86.