Paul-André Latulippe was a politician in Quebec, Canada and a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA).

Background

He was born in

Lac-Mégantic, Quebec Lac-Mégantic () is a town in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on Lac Mégantic, a freshwater lake after which the town was named. Situated in the former Frontenac County in the historic Eastern Townships, Lac-Mé ...

on May 25, 1941 and made career in the furniture industry. He was the son of Social Credit politician

Henry Latulippe Henry P. Latulippe (23 April 1913 – 26 October 1995) was a Canadian businessmane and politician. Latulippe served as a Social Credit party and Ralliement créditiste member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an industrialist and m ...

Provincial politics

Latulippe ran as a candidate of the

Ralliement créditiste Historically in Quebec, Canada, there were a number of political parties that were part of the Canadian social credit movement. There were various parties at different times with different names at the provincial level, all broadly following the s ...

in the 1970 election and won, becoming the Member of the National Assembly for the district of Frontenac. During his term of office, the party was plagued by internal divisions. While three MNAs remained loyal to Leader Camil Samson, Latulippe and the rest of the caucus withdrew their support and appointed

Armand Bois Armand Bois (1920-2001) was a politician in Quebec, and a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA). Background He was born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, on April 21, 1920, and served as a military officer during World War II. Subsequ ...

as temporary leader, until a leadership convention could determine a new leader. Eventually, the Samson faction re-joined the party and

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was chosen as leader. Nonetheless, Latulippe was defeated and finished second in the district of

Mégantic-Compton Megantic-Compton is a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. As of its final election, it included the municipalities of East Angus, Cookshire-Eaton, Lac-Mégantic, Weedon, Lac-Drolet and Chartierville. ...

in the 1973 election.

Background

Provincial politics

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