Vital Cliche (September 10, 1890 – February 23, 1976) was a politician

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and a Member of the

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(MLA).

Early life

He was born on September 10, 1890 in

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce is a city in the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 5,014 as of the Canada 2021 Census. The new city constitution dates ...

and became an insurance broker. He was the father of politician Lucien Cliche.

Local politics

Cliche served as a school board member in 1919 and as Mayor of Vallée-Jonction, Quebec from 1931 to 1932.

Member of the legislature

He ran as an

Action libérale nationale The Action libérale nationale (ALN)('National Liberal Action') was a short-lived provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was founded during the Great Depression and led by Paul Gouin. The ALN played an important role in the foundatio ...

candidate in the district of

Beauce Beauce may refer to: * Beauce, France, a natural region in northern France * Beaucé, a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France * Beauce, Quebec, an historical and cultural region of Canada ** Beauce (electoral district), a fed ...

in the 1935 provincial election and won. Cliche refused to join

Maurice Duplessis Maurice Le Noblet Duplessis (; April 20, 1890 – September 7, 1959), was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 16th premier of Quebec. A conservative, nationalist, anti-Communist, anti-unionist and fervent Catholic, he and his ...

's Union Nationale. Instead, he ran as an

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in the 1936 election and lost to

Raoul Poulin Raoul Poulin (February 8, 1900 – October 23, 1975) was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Beauce in the House of Commons of Canada from 1949 to 1958. He was elected, and served the entirety of his term, as a ...

. He also ran as an

candidate and lost a

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that was called in 1937 as a result of Poulin's switch to federal politics.

Death

He died on February 23, 1976.

References

1890 births 1976 deaths People from Beauce, Quebec Action libérale nationale MNAs Mayors of places in Quebec {{Quebec-mayor-stub