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Louis-Audet Lapointe

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Louis-Audet Lapointe
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for St. James
In office
1911–1920
Preceded byHonoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais
Succeeded byFernand Rinfret
Personal details
Born(1860-05-16)May 16, 1860
Contrecœur, Canada East
DiedFebruary 7, 1920(1920-02-07) (aged 59)
Political partyLiberal

Louis-Audet Lapointe (May 16, 1860 – February 7, 1920) was a liquor merchant, wholesaler and political figure in Quebec. He represented St. James in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1920 as a Liberal.[1]

He was born in Contrecœur, Canada East, the son of Louis Audet-Lapointe and Marguerite-Adéas Dupré, and was educated in Terrebonne, at the Collège de Varennes and at the Montreal Business College. In 1879, he married Léocadie-Azilda Brunet.[2] He served as a member of the city council for Montreal from 1900 to 1916. He was re-elected in 1917 as a Laurier Liberal. Audet-Lapointe died in office at the age of 59.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Louis-Audet Lapointe – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. ^ Audet, Francis-Joseph (1940). Contrecoeur : famille, seigneurie, paroisse, village (in French). p. 65. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
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