Roland Beaudry

Roland Beaudry
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for St. James
In office
1945–1953
Preceded byEugène Durocher
Succeeded byDistrict was abolished in 1952
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Saint-Jacques
In office
1953–1958
Preceded byDistrict was created in 1952
Succeeded byCharles-Édouard Campeau
Personal details
Born(1906-02-14)14 February 1906
Montreal, Quebec
Died14 December 1964(1964-12-14) (aged 58)
Political partyLiberal
Occupationjournalist
publicist
publisher

Joseph Marie Paul Lucien Roland Beaudry (14 February 1906 – 14 December 1964) was a Canadian politician, journalist, publicist and publisher.

Biography

Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1945 election as a Member of the Liberal Party to represent the riding of St. James. He was re-elected in 1949 in St. James, and 1953 and 1957 in Saint-Jacques.[1]

Involvement in sports

Beaudry was also a sports broadcaster and an amateur ice hockey player, a goaltender, and a member of the 1927 Montreal Victorias ice hockey team that toured Europe and played against teams in Sweden (Stockholm), France, Germany, Austria (Vienna), Switzerland (Davos), Italy (Milan) and England. Also a recreational tennis player there was a story retold in the 23 February, 1935 issue of the Montreal Gazette where Beaudry during a banquet in Stockholm had agreed to play tennis against one Mr. Gay ("Mr. G") the next morning, but Beaudry slept in the next morning after a late night out the previous day, apparently unaware of that "Mr. Gay" was in fact the Swedish King Gustaf V.[2]

References

  1. ^ Roland Beaudry – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ "When the Victorias of Montreal were the toast of Europe" "Turning Back Hockey's Pages", MacDonald, D. A. L.. The Gazette (Montreal), 23 February 1935, pg. 14.


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