Antonio Yanakis

Antonio Yanakis (6 July 1922 21 November 1997) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became an industrialist by career after receiving a Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University in Montreal.

He represented the Quebec riding of Berthier—Maskinongé—delanaudière, later Berthier then Berthier—Maskinongé, since winning a seat in the 1965 federal election. Yanakis was re-elected in 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1980.

Yanakis was defeated in the 1984 federal election by Robert de Cotret of the Progressive Conservative party. He made another unsuccessful bid to unseat de Cotret in the 1988 election as an independent candidate.

  • Antonio Yanakis – Parliament of Canada biography
  • "House of Commons Debates (Hansard)". Parliament of Canada. 11 December 1997. Retrieved 15 July 2007. Parliamentary tribute to Yanakis.


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