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Louis-Philippe Normand, (September 21, 1863 – June 27, 1928) was a
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physician and politician. Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the son of Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand and Alphonsine Giroux, he received his
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from
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in 1886. A practicing physician, he was also mayor of Trois-Rivières. In
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, he ran for the House of Commons of Canada in the
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riding of
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as the
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candidate and was defeated. In September 1921, he was appointed President of the Privy Council in the cabinet of
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. He was defeated in the 1921 federal election which was held in December. In 1922, Normand was appointed as President of the
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. He married Graziella Beaulieu and had nine children. In 1916, a geographic township in the
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was named after him, which in turn gave its name to a lake and the Lac-Normand unorganized territory.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Normand, Louis-Philippe 1863 births 1928 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Mayors of Trois-Rivières Université Laval alumni