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Réal Caouette

Réal Caouette, Canadian journalist and politician (died 1976)

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Born
September 26, 1917
Died
December 16, 1976
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1917

About Réal Caouette

David Réal Caouette 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. In the 1962 election, Social Credit won 26 seats in Québec, led by Caouette, who returned as the member for Villeneuve. In the 1949 election, his home was drawn into the newly created Villeneuve, and he was defeated as a Union des électeurs candidate. He held this seat until 1968, when he transferred to the newly created Témiscamingue, a riding he would hold for the rest of his life.

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Réal Caouette timeline

  1. In the 1949 election, his home was drawn into the newly created Villeneuve, and he was defeated as a Union des électeurs candidate.
  2. In the 1962 election, Social Credit won 26 seats in Québec, led by Caouette, who returned as the member for Villeneuve.
  3. He held this seat until 1968, when he transferred to the newly created Témiscamingue, a riding he would hold for the rest of his life.

The world when Réal Caouette was born

Réal Caouette was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Réal Caouette's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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