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DeutschRoméo Lorrain
Roméo Lorrain | |
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 Roméo Lorrain in 1940 | |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Papineau | |
| In office 1935–1966 | |
| Preceded by | Désiré Lahaie |
| Succeeded by | Roland Théorêt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 26, 1901 Buckingham, Quebec |
| Died | July 6, 1967 (aged 66) Lac-Long, Quebec |
Roméo Lorrain (May 26, 1901 – July 6, 1967) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a nine-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]
Early life
[edit]He was born on May 26, 1901, in Buckingham, Quebec (now Gatineau, Quebec) and became a farmer. Lorrain was a journalist and a business person.
Political career
[edit]He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Papineau in the 1935 provincial election and won. He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936, 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1962 elections. He did not run for re-election in the 1966 election and was succeeded again by Roland Théorêt.
Lorrain was appointed to the Cabinet in 1944, serving as Minister of Public Works until 1960.
Death
[edit]He died on July 6, 1967.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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