J.-Eugène_Lefrancois

J.-Eugène Lefrançois

J.-Eugène Lefrançois

Canadian liberal party politician

J.-Eugène Lefrançois (9 August 1896 – 13 January 1979) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada and the Senate. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became an industrialist by career.

Quick Facts The Hon., Member of Parliament for Laurier ...

In 1936, Lefrançois made an unsuccessful attempt to win a seat in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Laurier riding in the 1949 general election and re-elected for a second term in 1953. In April 1957, as he completed his House of Commons term in the 22nd Canadian Parliament, Lefrançois was appointed to the Senate under Quebec's Repentigny constituency where he remained until 5 November 1976.

Lefrançois died on 13 January 1979 aged 82, survived by his wife Rosina, a son and a daughter.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Normandin, Pierre G. (1954). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.
  2. [2]
    The Canadian Press (17 January 1979). "Eugene Lefrancois". The Globe and Mail. p. 2.


Stub icon

This article about a Quebec Member of Parliament from the Liberal Party of Canada is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Stub icon

This article about a Quebec Member of the Canadian Senate is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article J.-Eugène_Lefrancois, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.