Rémi Paul

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Rémi Paul is a politician from Quebec, Canada. ^[1]

Contents 1 Background 2 Member of the House of Commons 3 Provincial Politics 4 Retirement 5 Footnotes

[edit] Background

He was born on June 10, 1921 in Louiseville, Mauricie and was a lawyer.

[edit] Member of the House of Commons

He ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Berthier-Maskinongé-Delanaudière in 1957 and lost, but was elected to the House of Commons in 1958, 1962 and 1963. He sat as an Independent by February 18, 1965 and did not run for re-election in that same year.

[edit] Provincial Politics

Paul ran as a Union Nationale in the district of Maskinongé in 1966 and won a seat at the provincial legislature. He was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1966 to 1968.

He was appointed to the Cabinet and served as Minister of Justice under Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand.

In 1970, his party lost the election to Robert Bourassa's Liberals. Paul was re-elected and became House Leader of the Official Opposition. However he was defeated against Liberal Yvon Picotte in 1973.

[edit] Retirement

He died on December 20, 1982.

[edit] Footnotes

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Joseph Langlois, Liberal	Member of Parliament from Berthier-Maskinongé-Delanaudière 1958-1965	Succeeded by Antonio Yanakis, Liberal
National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Guy Lechasseur	Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec 1 December 1966 – 21 October 1968	Succeeded by Gérard Lebel
Preceded by Germain Caron, Union Nationale	MNA, District of Maskinongé 1966–1973	Succeeded by Yvon Picotte, Liberal