1. Camillien Houde is of the few Canadian politicians to have served at all three levels of government.
17 Facts About Camillien Houde
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Camillien Houde was born in Montreal on August 13,1889 and died there on September 11,1958.
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Camillien Houde was the only surviving child of Azade Houde and Josephine Frenette.
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Camillien Houde is descended from the first Houde ancestor, Louis Houde, who came from Manou, Eure-et-Loir, France to New France in 1647.
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Camillien Houde was defeated in the 1927 election, but re-elected in a by-election on October 24,1928.
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Camillien Houde resigned as Conservative leader on September 19,1932.
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Camillien Houde moved to federal politics and lost in a bid for election as a Conservative candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in a 1938 by-election in the Montreal riding of St Mary.
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Camillien Houde was imprisoned at Camp Petawawa in Ontario until the end of the war.
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Camillien Houde ran again in St Mary, this time as an independent candidate, in the 1945 federal election, but was again defeated.
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Camillien Houde won a seat as an independent candidate in the riding of Papineau in the 1949 federal election by less than 100 votes.
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Camillien Houde did not run for re-election in the 1953 election.
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Camillien Houde became a figure of ridicule in parts of English Canada because of his conduct in opposition to conscription.
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Concurrent to his career in provincial and federal politics, Camillien Houde was mayor of Montreal from 1928 to 1932, from 1934 to 1936, from 1938 to 1940, and from 1944 to 1954.
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In 1939, Camillien Houde said that "French-Canadians are Fascists by blood", and stating that if there was a war between Britain and Fascist Italy, he would prefer to side with Italy.
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Camillien Houde was made Chevalier of the Legion d'honneur and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1935 and an Officer of the Order of St John in 1953.
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On his death in 1958, Camillien Houde was interred in the Cimetiere Notre-Dame-des-Neiges in Montreal, Quebec in an Italian marble replica of Napoleon's tomb.
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Camillien Houde was responsible for some of the major public park improvements in Montreal including the park on Mont Royal with its man-made lake and park facilities.