title: Maurice Custeau
text: # Maurice Custeau
  
  Maurice-Tréflé Custeau (March 10, 1916 – August 19, 1990) was a Canadian businessman and politician. He was a Member of the provincial legislature and a city councillor in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
  
  ## Background
  
  He was born in Montreal, Quebec, on March 10, 1916 and was a businessman.
  
  ## City Councillor
  
  Custeau was appointed to the Montreal City Council by the Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal (Young Chamber of Commerce) and served from 1950 to 1954.
  
  ## Member of the legislature
  
  He successfully ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the district of Montréal–Jeanne-Mance in 1956 and was re-elected in 1960.
  
  He served as Parliamentary Assistant from 1959 to 1960 and briefly as a Minister without Portfolio in 1960.
  
  He lost his bid for re-election in 1962 against Liberal candidate Aimé Brisson.
  
  He also ran in the district of Dorion in 1966, but lost again.
  
  ## Death
  
  Custeau died on August 19, 1990.
  
  