- Hormisdas Langlais
Hormisdas Langlais was a
Canadian politician and a seven-term Member of theLegislative Assembly of Quebec . [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/j-l/langh.htm Biography of Hormisdas Langlais, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]Background
He was born on
September 2 ,1890 in Saint-Octave-de-Métis,Bas-Saint-Laurent .Political career
Langlais ran as an
Action libérale nationale (ALN) candidate in the 1935 election and lost. He was elected as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election against Liberal incumbentAmédée Caron in the provincial district of Îles-de-la-Madeleine. He was re-elected in the 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 elections.He was appointed House Whip in 1944 and served as a parliamentary assistant from 1955 to 1960. He was defeated against Liberal candidate
Louis-Philippe Lacroix in the 1962 election.Death
Langlais died on
April 6 ,1976 inQuebec City .Footnotes
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years=1936–1962
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