Adélard Lanctôt was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Richelieu

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1907 to 1911 as a Liberal

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He was born in St-Philippe de Laprairie, Quebec, the son of Louis Lanctôt and Rosalie Robidoux. Lanctôt was educated in Montreal

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 and at the Université Laval

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. In 1902, he married Sarah Dery. Lanctôt practised law in Sorel. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1907 by-election held after Arthur Aimé Bruneau

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was named a judge. Lanctôt died in Sorel at the age of 45.