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Show Red Indian Chosen as Canadian Solon Ludger Bastein, a member of the Huron tribe and the first Indian to be elected to the Quebec legislature, won the by-election for the "conservatives in Quebec county by defeating the Liberal Lib-eral candidate, E. Bedard, whose party has been 27 years in power in the ancient an-cient capital, says the Christian Science Monitor. Mr. Bastein's father was head chief of all the Hurons of Canada for a term of office. He himself is a man of wealth. He operates a large tannery business at Lorette, a well-known Indian In-dian settlement. Some years ago when the city of Quebec interfered with the water supply of bis tanneries he carried car-ried a legal action for damages to the privy council and won an award of $300,000. He is a director of numerous enterprises. |