Hormisdas Langlais

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Hormisdas Langlais was a Canadian politician and a seven-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. ^[1]

Contents 1 Background 2 Political career 3 Death 4 Footnotes

[edit] Background

He was born on September 2, 1890 in Saint-Octave-de-Métis, Bas-Saint-Laurent.

[edit] Political career

Langlais ran as an Action libérale nationale (ALN) candidate in the 1935 election and lost. He was elected as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election against Liberal incumbent Amédée Caron in the provincial district of Îles-de-la-Madeleine. He was re-elected in the 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 elections.

He was appointed House Whip in 1944 and served as a parliamentary assistant from 1955 to 1960. He was defeated against Liberal candidate Louis-Philippe Lacroix in the 1962 election.

[edit] Death

Langlais died on April 6, 1976 in Quebec City.

[edit] Footnotes

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Amédée Caron (Liberal)	MLA for Îles-de-la-Madeleine 1936–1962	Succeeded by Louis-Philippe Lacroix (Liberal)