Succeeded by Philodor Ouimet Preceded by District created | Succeeded by District abolished Preceded by Alexis Bouthillier Name Jean-Paul Beaulieu | |
Succeeded by Riding redistributed into Missisquoi and Saint-Jean | ||
Reel Levis Beaulieu (ou le Reel de la Honte)_Le Reel Joseph_Bruno Kowalczyk
Jean-Paul Beaulieu (January 22, 1902 – November 14, 1976) was a Canadian and Québécois politician and chartered accountant.
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- Reel Levis Beaulieu ou le Reel de la HonteLe Reel JosephBruno Kowalczyk
- Background
- Member of the legislature
- Federal Politics
- Death
- References
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 has received honorary doctorates from Université Laval and Université de Montréal
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.
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 federal election. He lost in the 1968 election.
Death
Beaulieu died on November 14, 1976.