Facts:   - profession: farmer    - party: progressive conservative social credit    - death date: 3 april 1975    - spouse: germaine parent    - riding: rimouski      - term end: september 1965 september 1965    - birth date: 17 february 1913    - term start: april 1963    - name: gérard ouellet    - death place: rimouski , quebec    - birth place: east hartford , connecticut , united states   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of gérard ouellet .
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gérard ouellet -lrb- 17 february 1913 -- 3 april 1975 -rrb- was a member of the canadian house of commons .he was a farmer by career .ouellet was born in east hartford , connecticut , united states , the son of emile ouellet and celina-rose berube .he was first elected as a social credit party candidate at the rimouski riding in the 1963 general election after an earlier unsuccessful attempt to win the riding in the 1962 election .on 23 april 1964 , ouellet left the social credit party and joined the progressive conservative party for the remainder of his term in the 26th canadian parliament .in the 1965 federal election , ouellet was defeated at rimouski by louis guy leblanc of the liberal party .