Paul Langlois was a Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was a businessman and industrialist by career.

Langlois studied at the Mont-St-Louis Institute.

He was first elected at the Chicoutimi

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

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 riding in the 1965 general election

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 and was re-elected there in 1968

Canadian federal election, 1968

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, 1972

Canadian federal election, 1972

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 and 1974

Canadian federal election, 1974

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. Langlois was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Works in August 1968 and October 1969, then was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs until September 1970. After completing his term in the 30th Canadian Parliament

30th Canadian Parliament

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 in 1979, Langlois left federal politics and did not seek further re-election.

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