Paul Andre Joseph Langevin (January 15, 1942 – November 11, 2008) is a former provincial politician from

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Political career

Langevin first ran as a

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candidate in the

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electoral district in the

1989 Alberta general election The 1989 Alberta general election was held on March 20, 1989, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Many political observers were surprised by the early election call as less than three years had passed since the previous ele ...

. He was defeated by incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA John Drobot. Langevin ran for the Liberals a second time and was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the

1993 Alberta general election The 1993 Alberta general election was held on June 15, 1993, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Conservative government was re-elected, taking 51 seats out of 83 (61 percent of the seats) but only having support of 45 per ...

winning the new riding of Lac La Biche-St. Paul. He won the riding defeating two other candidates in a closely contested race. In 1994 he left the Liberal caucus and sat as an Independent. On April 24, 1995 he joined the Progressive Conservatives giving up Independent status. He ran for a second term in office in the

1997 Alberta general election The 1997 Alberta general election was held on March 11, 1997, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. Ralph Klein's Conservatives were re-elected, with increased number of seats in the Legislature. Liberal Official Opposition los ...

. He won re-election with a reduced popular vote in a six way race. On October 5, 2000, he announced a $1.2 million project to build the Lakeland Interpretive Centre and Regional Leisure Complex and a quarter of a million dollar grant to restore the Lac La Biche Mission Historic Site as part of the provinces centennial celebrations. Langevin retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 2001.

Honours

Langevin held the

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from the Assembly of

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. On November 11, 2008, Paul Langevin died in St. Paul, Alberta, at the age of 66.

References

External links

Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Langevin, Paul Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta MLAs Alberta Liberal Party MLAs 2008 deaths Independent Alberta MLAs 1942 births Franco-Albertan people