François Langlois (; born 6 January 1948 in

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) was a member of the

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from 1993 to 1997. He is a

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by career. He was elected in the Bellechasse electoral district under the

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party in the 1993 federal election, thus serving in the

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. Due to restructuring of electoral districts, Langlois would be a candidate in the

Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet (formerly known as Bellechasse—Montmagny—L'Islet) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2004. It was created as ...

riding in the 1997 federal election but lost to Liberal

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. Langlois also failed to unseat Normand in the 2000 federal elections. Langlois made no further attempts to re-enter Canadian politics since then.

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* 1948 births Living people Bloc Québécois MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Chaudière-Appalaches 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{BlocQuébécois-MP-stub