Louis-Philippe Normand, (September 21, 1863 – June 27, 1928) was a

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physician and politician. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the son of Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand and Alphonsine Giroux, he received his

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from Université Laval in 1886. A practicing physician, he was also mayor of Trois-Rivières. In

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, he ran for the

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in the

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riding of

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as the Conservative candidate and was defeated. In September 1921, he was appointed

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in the cabinet of

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. He was defeated in the 1921 federal election which was held in December. In 1922, Normand was appointed as President of the Medical Council of Canada. He married Graziella Beaulieu and had nine children. In 1916, a geographic township in the

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was named after him, which in turn gave its name to a lake and the Lac-Normand unorganized territory.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Normand, Louis-Philippe 1863 births 1928 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Mayors of Trois-Rivières Université Laval alumni