{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Robert Benoit Major | image= | image_size= | caption= | birth_date={{birth date|df=y|1915|2|17}} | birth_place=Ottawa, Ontario | death_date={{death date and age|df=y|1997|8|7|1915|2|17}} | death_place=Saint-Lambert, Quebec | spouse=Georgette Vien<br />(m. 7 Oct 1939) | children=Michel and Helene | riding=Argenteuil | term_start=June 1968 | term_end=September 1972 | predecessor= | successor= | profession=administrator | party=Liberal | footnotes= | predecessor2= | successor2= | website= }}
'''Robert Benoît Joseph Alberic Laurier Major''' (17 February 1915 – 7 August 1997) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. Born in Ottawa, Ontario, he was an administrator by career.
==Elected office== He was elected at the Argenteuil riding in the 1968 general election and served for only one term, the 28th Canadian Parliament, until 1972. Major did not participate in any further federal elections.
His father-in-law was Thomas Vien who also served as a Member of Parliament as a senator.
He died at Saint-Lambert, Quebec in 1997. He was survived by his wife and two children.<ref>"Obituaries", ''The Ottawa Citizen'', 9 March 1997, pg. C4</ref>
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==External links== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=16438}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Major, Robert Benoit}} Category:1915 births Category:1997 deaths Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Category:Politicians from Ottawa Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
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