Louis-Audet Lapointe
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]
Louis-Audet Lapointe | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for St. James | |
| In office 1911–1920 | |
| Preceded by | Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais |
| Succeeded by | Fernand Rinfret |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 16, 1860 Contrecœur, Canada East |
| Died | February 7, 1920 (aged 59) |
| Political party | Liberal |
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
- Louis-Audet Lapointe – Parliament of Canada biography
- Audet, Francis-Joseph (1940). Contrecoeur : famille, seigneurie, paroisse, village (in French). p. 65. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
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