title: Maurice Bélanger
text: # Maurice Bélanger
  
  Maurice Lucien Bélanger (July 12, 1912 – March 24, 1964) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1959 to 1964 who represented the southwestern riding of Windsor—Sandwich.
  
  ## Background
  
  Bélanger was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, grew up in Windsor, Ontario, and went to Ottawa Normal School.
  
  ## Politics
  
  Bélanger was elected in the general election in 1959 winning in Windsor—Sandwich, a riding which had been held for fifteen years by William Griesinger who had been discredited in a financial scandal in 1958. Bélanger was re-elected in the general elections in 1963. During his first term in office, he served on as many as eight Standing Committees, simultaneously. He died in office on March 24, 1964, and, in the subsequent by-election, the riding was re-taken by the PCs.
  
  A community park in the west end of Windsor, Ontario, was named in his honour in recognition of his public service.
  
  