Pio H. Laporte ( MD) (September 1, 1878 - July 29, 1939) was a

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in the Province of New Brunswick. Born in Verchères, Quebec, Pio Laporte studied medicine at

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then at the Paris School of Medicine in

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. By 1903, he had made his home in

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where he practised medicine and was on the staff of the Hôtel-Dieu in nearby Saint-Basile. Pio Laporte entered municipal politics, serving as president of the local

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and mayor of Edmundston. In 1935 he moved into provincial politics and was elected to the 38th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly as the

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candidate for the riding of

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. His Party won power and new

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immediately appointed Laporte to his

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as the Minister of Health and Labour. Doctor Pio Laporte died while in office in 1939 as a result of an automobile accident.

References

* Grenier, Guy. ''100 ans de médecine francophone'' (Multimondes Editions -2002) (

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Archives of the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph (RHSJ), Saint-Basile, New Brunswick
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