Louis-Pierre Cécile (January 15, 1905 – February 19, 1995) was an

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lawyer and political figure. He represented Prescott in the

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from 1948 to 1967 as a Progressive Conservative member. He was born in

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in 1905, the son of Arthur-Lewis Cécile, and studied at the

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and

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. In 1941, he married Fabienne Gascon. He was chairman of the Secondary School Board for Hawkesbury. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the federal parliament in 1945. Cécile was Minister of Travel and Publicity in the provincial cabinet from 1949 to 1955 and Minister of Public Welfare from 1955 to 1966.

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* 1905 births 1995 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs Franco-Ontarian people People from Hawkesbury, Ontario 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{ProgressiveConservative-Ontario-MPP-stub

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