his junior, and moved to the United States. Briefly enrolled in a doctoral program at Columbia University, he left without finishing his thesis and spent the remainder of his life drifting from job to job, eventually finding work as a bartender at Freddy's Tavern in Tempe, Arizona. In 1964 his second marriage failed and the following year he returned to Canada. For part of 1965 he taught high school French at Morin Heights High School in the Quebec Laurentians. In February 1970 he died aged 57 of a heart attack, "virtually penniless and alone, in the back seat of a Montreal taxi." References Speakers of the Canadian House of Commons biography Archives There is a Louis-René Beaudoin fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Archival reference number is R3298. External links Maloney, Mark. "A tragic, shocking fall from grace", Toronto Star, February 27, 2007. The Gazette, May 24, 1958. 1912 births 1970 deaths French Quebecers Lawyers from Montreal Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Politicians from Montreal Speakers of the House of Commons of Canada