Maurice Lalonde was a Liberal party

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Montreal

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, Quebec

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 and became a lawyer by career.

The son of Wilfrid Lalonde and Blanche L'Archevèque, Lalonde attended Mont Laurier St. Joseph Seminary where he attained a Bachelor of Arts

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 degree, then the Université de Montréal

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 for law studies and then formally became a lawyer in 1927. He also owned the publication La Voix du Nord and served as president of the companies Mont-Laurier Aviation and Lievre Lumber. Lalonde practised law in Mont-Laurier

Mont-Laurier, Quebec

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He was first elected to Parliament at the Labelle

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 riding in the 1935 general election

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 and re-elected in 1940

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 and 1945

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. Lalonde did not seek another term in the 1949 election

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His son Fernand

Fernand Lalonde

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served in the Quebec assembly.