- Georges-Émile Lapalme
Georges-Émile Lapalme (
January 14 ,1907 -February 5 ,1985 ) was a politician inQuebec ,Canada , member of theLegislative Assembly of Quebec , and leader of the Quebec Liberal Party.Background
He was born in
Montreal . He studied law at theUniversité de Montréal . Lapalme was married to Maria Langlois for nearly 50 years, with whom he had seven children.Member of Parliament
Lapalme was elected to the
Canadian House of Commons in the 1945 federal election, and served until 1950.Provincial Politics
He resigned his seat to be acclaimed Leader of the
Liberal Party of Quebec in 1950. He ran for a seat to theLegislative Assembly of Quebec in the district of Joliette in the 1952 election, but was defeated by Minister of Labor and Union Nationale candidateAntonio Barrette .Lapalme won a
by-election in the district of Montreal-Outremont in 1953. He was re-elected in the 1956 election, but under his leadership his party lost the election against the Union Nationale. He remained Liberal leader until 1958 and remained Leader of the Opposition in Quebec until 1960.Member of the Cabinet
Lapalme won re-election in the 1960 and 1962 elections. He never became
premier , but served as vice-premier underJean Lesage , and as Attorney-General and Minister of Cultural Affairs, which he founded. Lapalme did not run for re-election in the 1966 election.Elections as Party Leader
Lapalme lost two
general elections as party leader, the 1952 election and the 1956 election.ee also
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