Jean-Paul Beaulieu

Infobox MP
honorific-prefix =
name = Jean-Paul Beaulieu
honorific-suffix = C.A.


constituency_MP = Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville
parliament = Canadian
majority =
predecessor = Yvon Dupuis
successor = Riding redistributed into Missisquoi and Saint-Jean
term_start = 1965
term_end = 1968
birth_date = January 22, 1902
birth_place = St. Paul, Quebec, Canada
death_date = November 14, 1976
death_place =
nationality = Canadian
spouse =
party = Progressive Conservative Party
relations =
children =
residence =
alma_mater =
occupation = chartered accountant
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Jean-Paul Beaulieu was a Canadian and Québécois politician and chartered accountant. [ [http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/biographies/1025.html J.-Paul Beaulieu (1902-1976) Homme politique, Bilan du siècle, Université de Sherbrooke] ]

Background

He was born on January 22, 1902 in Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, Montérégie. He studied at the Université de Montréal and McGill University. He obtained a license degree in commercial sciences from McGill. He was received honorary doctorates from Université Laval and Université de Montréal

Member of the Legislature

Beaulieu won a by-election in 1941 and became the Union Nationale Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the provincial electoral district of Saint-Jean-Napierville. He was re-elected in the district of Saint-Jean in the 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1956 elections.

He was appointed to the Cabinet in 1944 and served as Minister of Trade and Commerce, until his defeated in the 1960 election. He was defeated again in the 1962 election. [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/b/beauljp.htm Biography of Jean-Paul Beaulieu, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]

Federal Politics

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville in the 1965 federal election. He lost in the 1968 election. [ [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=e935c220-5c1c-44f4-86f8-0d0c714e1230&Language=E&MenuID=Lists.Members.aspx&MenuQuery=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.parl.gc.ca%2FParlinfo%2FLists%2FMembers.aspx%3FParliament%3D%26Riding%3D%26Name%3Db%26Party%3D%26Province%3D%26Gender%3D%26New%3DFalse%26Current%3DFalse%26Picture%3DFalse Biography of Jean-Paul Beaulieu, Canadian Parliament] ]

Death

Beaulieu died on November 14, 1976.

Footnotes

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years=1941–1960