Vital Cliche

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Vital Cliche was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA). ^[1]

Contents 1 Early life 2 Local politics 3 Member of the Legislature 4 Death 5 Footnotes

[edit] Early life

He was born on September 10, 1890 in Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce, Quebec, Chaudière-Appalaches and became an insurance agent. He was the father of politician Lucien Cliche.

[edit] Local politics

Cliche served as a school board member in 1919 and as Mayor of Vallée-Jonction from 1931 to 1932.

[edit] Member of the Legislature

He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of in the district of Beauce in the 1935 provincial election and won. Cliche refused to join Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale. Instead, he ran as an Independent Liberal in the 1936 election and lost to Raoul Poulin. He also ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate and lost a by-election that was called in 1937 as a result of Poulin's switch to federal politics.

[edit] Death

He died on February 23, 1976.

[edit] Footnotes

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Joseph-Édouard Fortin (Liberal)	MLA, District of Beauce 1935–1936	Succeeded by Raoul Poulin (Union Nationale)