Albert Goudreau
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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| office = Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Richmond
| predecessor = Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais
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| term_start = 1935
| term_end = 1939
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| successor2 = Émilien Lafrance
| term_start2 = 1944
| term_end2 = 1952
| birth_date = {{birth date|1887|2|4}}
| birth_place = Wotton, Quebec
| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|10|12|1887|2|4}}
| death_place = Sherbrooke, Quebec
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Albert Goudreau (February 4, 1887 – October 12, 1962) was a Canadian politician and a four-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.{{QuebecMNAbio|goudreau-albert-3487}}
Background
He was born in Wotton, Eastern Townships on February 4, 1887.
City Councillor
Goudreau served as a city councillor in the township of Windsor from 1916 to 1918 and in the city of Asbestos from 1933 to 1944.
Member of the legislature
Goudreau ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Richmond in the 1935 election and won against Liberal incumbent Stanislas-Edmond Desmarais.
He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election, but was defeated in the 1939 election.
He was re-elected in the 1944 and the 1948 elections, but was defeated by Liberal candidate Émilien Lafrance in the 1952 election.
Mayor
He served as Mayor of Asbestos from 1945 to 1950.
Death
He died on October 12, 1962, in Sherbrooke.