Wilfrid-Eldège Lauriault
Wilfrid-Eldège Lauriault was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]
Early life[]
He was born on November 24, 1899 in Montreal and became an engineer.
Member of the legislature[]
He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Montréal–Saint-Henri in the 1935 provincial election and won. Lauriault refused to join Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale. Instead, he ran as an Independent Liberal in the 1936 election and lost against .
Federal politics[]
Lauriault ran as an Independent Liberal in the federal district of Saint-Henri in 1940 and finished second.
City Councillor[]
Lauriault won a seat to the City Council of Montreal in 1944. He was re-elected in 1947, 1950, 1954 and 1957. He was defeated in 1960.
Death[]
He died on November 13, 1976 in Montreal.
Footnotes[]
- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Categories:
- 1899 births
- 1976 deaths
- Action libérale nationale MNAs
- Montreal city councillors
- Quebec MNA stubs