Tancrède Labbé
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Joseph-Tancrède Labbé (b. June 18, 1887, d. December 13, 1956) was a prominent Québec politician and businessman. [1]
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[edit] Background
Has was born on June 18, 1887 in East Broughton, Québec, to parents who operated a farm and studied at the Frères des Écoles Chrétiennes College and studied commerce in Sainte-Marie, Québec.
He first worked as a general store clerk, and after that as a manager from 1913 to 1919 and after that, became a grocer when he founded T. Labbé Ltd. He also started an ice cream plant, Produits Régal LTD, in 1921, which kept going until the '80's, but with different owners. He was a member of the Province of Quebec Ice cream producers Association and became a director for Thetford Asbestos, a mining company.
[edit] Mayor
He was elected mayor of Thetford Mines on February 3 1931 and kept his seat until February 9 1937. He was elected mayor again in May 1946 and stayed there until May 1951.
[edit] Member of the Legislature
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in Mégantic in 1935 for the Action libérale nationale. Labbé joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in 1936.
He was defeated in 1939, but managed to win a by-election on November 19, 1940 and was re-elected in 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1956. He became a Minister without Portfolio in Duplessis's Cabinet in 1944.
[edit] Death
He died in office in Saint-Romulad, Québec on December 13, 1956.
[edit] Trivia
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- Father of media mogul François Labbé
- With 11 years in office, was the longest tenured mayor of Thetford Mines until Henri Therrien retired after 12 years in office in 1999.]].[2]
- Is the only politician to have been Mayor of Thetford Mines and Provincial MP at the same time, from 1935 to 1937 and from 1946 to 1951, a practice that is now forbidden in Québec. Laurent Lessard became a Provincial MP for the Liberal Party of Québec after resigning as Mayor of Thetford Mines in 2003.
- Was the first MP from the Mégantic (now Frontenac) county to become a minister and the only Union Nationale MP from the county to do so. After him, Roger Lefebvre and Laurent Lessard¸ both Liberals, also became ministers.[3]
- Honorary member of the Thetford Mines Chamber of Commerce from 1931 to 1937 and from 1947 to 1951. Member of the Canadian Club, Rotary Club and the Knights of Columbus.
- He is the father of media mogul François Labbé
[edit] References
- ^ Biography of Tancrède Labbé, Assemblée nationale du Québec
- ^ Le Soleil (November 8 1999, P. A-6) Thetford Mines: Majorité de 77 voix
- ^ Le Soleil (February 19 2005, P. A-12) Laurent Lessard n'est que le troisième ministre issu de Frontenac
| National Assembly of Quebec | ||
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| Preceded by Lauréat Lapierre (Liberal) |
MLA, District of Mégantic 1935–1939 |
Succeeded by Louis Houde (Liberal) |
| Preceded by Louis Houde (Liberal) |
MLA, District of Mégantic 1940–1956 |
Succeeded by Joseph-Émile Fortin (Union Nationale) |
