Benoît Laprise
Benoît Laprise (born July 16, 1932) is an agricultural technician and Quebec politician. He represented Roberval in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2003, as a member of the Parti Québécois.
Benoît Laprise | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Roberval | |
| In office September 12, 1994 – April 14, 2003 | |
| Preceded by | Gaston Blackburn |
| Succeeded by | Karl Blackburn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 16, 1932 Saint-Félicien, Quebec |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Profession | Agricultural Technician |
Prior to Laprise's election, he was an agricultural technician at the Quebec Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for nearly thirty years. He also served as regional Vice-President and President of the Catholic Union of Farmers.
Political career
Laprise was a commissioner of the La Vallière School Board in 1968, he served as President in 1969 and later was president of the Louis-Hémon Regional School Board from 1975 to 1979.
Laprise was elected to the Saint-Félicien municipal council in 1981 and mayor from 1983 until 1994. He served concurrently as deputy prefect of the regional county municipality of Le Domaine-du-Roy in 1993 and 1994.
He ran for the Parti Québécois in Roberval in 1994 and with the retirement of incumbent Gaston Blackburn won handily, he was re-elected in 1998.
He did not seek re-election in 2003.[1]