Jean-Paul Beaulieu

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Jean-Paul Beaulieu C.A.

In office
1965 – 1968
Preceded by Yvon Dupuis
Succeeded by Riding redistributed into Missisquoi and Saint-Jean

Born January 22, 1902
St. Paul, Quebec, Canada
Died November 14, 1976
Nationality Canadian
Political party Progressive Conservative Party
Occupation chartered accountant
Website Parliament of Canada biography

Jean-Paul Beaulieu was a Canadian and Québécois politician and chartered accountant.[1]

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[edit] Background

He was born on January 22, 1902 in Saint-Paul-de-l'Île-aux-Noix, Montérégie. He studied at the Université de Montréal and McGill University. He obtained a license degree in commercial sciences from McGill. He was received honorary doctorates from Université Laval and Université de Montréal

[edit] Member of the Legislature

Beaulieu won a by-election in 1941 and became the Union Nationale Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the provincial electoral district of Saint-Jean-Napierville. He was re-elected in the district of Saint-Jean in the 1944, 1948, 1952 and 1956 elections.

He was appointed to the Cabinet in 1944 and served as Minister of Trade and Commerce, until his defeated in the 1960 election. He was defeated again in the 1962 election.[2]

[edit] Federal Politics

He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Member of the Progressive Conservative Party to represent the riding of Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville in the 1965. He lost in the 1968 election.[3]

[edit] Death

Beaulieu died on November 14, 1976.

[edit] Footnotes

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by
Alexis Bouthillier (Liberal)
MLA for Saint-Jean
1941–1960
Succeeded by
Jacques Veilleux (Liberal)
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