member_of_political_party raymond bruneau
___MASK58___ is a description allowed in politics to denote party affiliation . It is used to designate a politician as a liberal , yet independent of the official Liberal Party of a country . Those parties were the ___MASK54___ , or the Liberal Party of the United Kingdom , or the New Zealand Liberal Party . The ___MASK4___ was the first real political party in New Zealand . It governed from 1891 until 1912 . The Liberal strategy was to create a large class of small land - owning farmers who supported Liberal ideals , by buying large tracts of Maori land and selling it to small farmers on credit . The First Liberal government also established the basis of the later welfare state , with old age pensions , developed a system for settling industrial disputes , which was accepted by both employers and trade unions . In 1893 it extended voting rights to women , making New Zealand the first country in the world to enact universal female suffrage . The ___MASK54___ , colloquially known as the Grits , is the oldest federal political party in Canada . The party espouses the principles of liberalism , and generally sits at the centre of the Canadian political spectrum . The Liberal Party is traditionally positioned to the left of the Conservative Party of Canada and to the right of the New Democratic Party ( NDP ). Élie - Oscar Bertrand ( March 3 , 1894  October 21 , 1980 ) was an Ontario businessman and political figure . He represented Prescott in the Canadian House of Commons as a ___MASK68___ member from 1929 to 1949 . Raymond Bruneau ( June 12 , 1917 -- July 5 , 1971 ) was an Ontario translator and political figure . He was a member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Prescott and defeating the 24 - year incumbent ___MASK68___ MP , Élie - Oscar Bertrand , to sit as an ___MASK58___ from 1949 to 1953 . He sat for Glengarry -- Prescott as a ___MASK68___ from 1953 to 1957 . He was born in Hawkesbury , Ontario in 1917 , the son of Joseph Bruneau . He studied political science and constitutional law at the University of Ottawa . In 1944 , he married Marie - Thérèse O ' Rourke . Bruneau worked in Ottawa as a translator in the federal public service . He was unsuccessful in attempts at reelection in 1957 , 1958 and 1963 .