- Hugues Lapointe
Hughes Lapointe, PC, OC, CD (
March 3 ,1911 –November 13 ,1982 ) was a Canadian lawyer, Member of Parliament and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1966 to 1978.Born in
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec , the son of the Canadian Member of ParliamentErnest Lapointe and Emma Pratte, he studied at theUniversity of Ottawa andUniversité Laval . He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1935. He practiced law from 1936 to 1961. He served duringWorld War II and achieved the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.He was elected as a Liberal in the 1940 federal election in the Quebec riding of Lotbinière. He was re-elected in the 1945, 1949, and 1953 elections. He was defeated in the 1957 election.
He held three cabinet positions: Solicitor General of Canada (1949-1950), Minister of Veterans Affairs (1950-1957), and Postmaster General (1955-1957).
In 1979, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada .He was married to Marie-Lucette Valin.
External links
* [http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=2103 Order of Canada Citation]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.