Joseph-Alphonse Langlois (September 23, 1860 – May 25, 1927) was a politician

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, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).

Early life

He was born in

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's St. Roch neighbourhood. He became president of the

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for the Quebec area.

Political career

Langlois ran as a

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candidate in the provincial district of

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in a

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held on November 12, 1909 and won. He was re-elected in the 1912 election, but finished third and was defeated against

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candidate Arthur Paquet in the 1916 election.

References

1860 births 1927 deaths Labour Party (Quebec) MNAs {{Quebec-MNA-stub