Louis-Audet Lapointe | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for St. James |
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In office 1911–1920 |
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Preceded by | Honoré Hippolyte Achille Gervais |
Succeeded by | Fernand Rinfret |
Personal details | |
Born |
Contrecœur, Canada East |
May 16, 1860
Died | February 7, 1920 | (aged 59)
Political party | Liberal |
Louis-Audet Lapointe (May 16, 1860 – February 7, 1920) was a liquor merchant, wholesaler and political figure in Quebec. He represented St. James in the Canadian House of Commons from 1911 to 1920 as a Liberal.
He was born in Contrecœur, Canada East, the son of Louis Audet-Lapointe and Marguerite-Adéas Dupré, and was educated in Terrebonne, at the Collège de Varennes and at the Montreal Business College. In 1879, he married Léocadie-Azilda Brunet. He served as a member of the city council for Montreal from 1900 to 1916. He was re-elected in 1917 as a Laurier Liberal. Audet-Lapointe died in office at the age of 59.