Yves Forest
Member of Parliament
for Stanstead
In office
April 1963 – June 1968
Member of Parliament
for Missisquoi
In office
June 1968 – October 1972
Personal details
Born(1921-06-25)25 June 1921
Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Died18 July 2019(2019-07-18) (aged 98)
Magog, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Elizabeth St-Martin
m. 15 August 1947
ProfessionLawyer
[1]

Yves Forest, QC (25 June 1921 – 18 July 2019) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a lawyer by career.

Born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Forest attended school at Saint-Charles Seminary in Sherbrooke, then earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws at Université de Montréal.[1]

He was first elected at the Stanstead riding in the 1963 general election then re-elected there in the 1965 election. In the 1968 election, he was elected to another Parliamentary term at Missisquoi riding. Forest left federal politics when he was defeated in the 1972 federal election at Brome—Missisquoi.

Since January 2004, Forest became a director of the Historical Society of Magog and was honoured for his work in November 2009.[2] He died in July 2019 at the age of 98.[3]

1963 Canadian federal election: Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalYves Forest7,649
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau6,394
Social CreditRoméo Custeau4,714
1965 Canadian federal election: Stanstead
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalYves Forest7,626
Progressive ConservativeRené Létourneau6,495
Ralliement créditisteHenri Brousseau2,854
New DemocraticFernand Comptois1,157

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, Pierre G. (1965). Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. ↑ "AGA et hommage à Yves Forest (AGM and homage to Yves Forest)" (in French). 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
  3. ↑ L’ancien député Yves Forest s’éteint à 98 ans


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