Jean-Noël Lavoie (November 24, 1927 – March 17, 2013) was a

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and former political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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and then the

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from 1960 to 1981 as a

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. He was born in

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, the son of Zéphirin Lavoie and Laura Gaudreault, and was educated at the Saint-Arsène Orphanage there, at the Collège Laval in

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, at the Collège de Saint-Laurent and the

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. He also received officer training at

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. Lavoie qualified as a notary in 1951 and entered practice in (later part of

). He served as alderman for L'Abord-à-Plouffe and was mayor from 1959 to 1961. Lavoie was mayor of the newly formed city of Chomedey from 1961 to 1965. In 1962, he founded ''Opinions de l'Île-Jésus/Citizen of Île-Jésus''. He was a driving force behind the formation of the city of Laval and was its first mayor in 1965; he was defeated when he ran for reelection later that year. Lavoie ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in

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and then was elected in

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and re-elected in

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and

1966 Events January * January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko. * January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...

. He resigned his seat in the assembly in 1969 to run unsuccessfully for mayor of

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; Lavoie was reelected to the assembly in

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and

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phila ...

. He was

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from 1970 to 1976. Lavoie was opposition

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in the assembly from 1976 to 1979. He did not run for reelection in

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

. He was named to the

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in 1992 and to the

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in 1991. He published ''La saga de Laval'' in 1998.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lavoie, Jean-Noel Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Mayors of Laval, Quebec Members of the Order of Canada 1927 births 2013 deaths Canadian notaries