Paul Langlois (4 December 1926 – 17 July 2012) was a

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member of the

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. He was a businessman and industrialist by career. Langlois studied at the Mont-St-Louis Institute. He was first elected at the

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riding in the 1965 general election and was re-elected there in 1968,

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and

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. Langlois was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works in August 1968 and October 1969, then was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs until September 1970. After completing his term in the

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in 1979, Langlois left federal politics and did not seek further re-election.

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* 1926 births 2012 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Trois-Rivières {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub