Jean Langlois

Jean Langlois
Source: Library and Archives Canada

Jean Langlois (February 16, 1824 – March 8, 1886) was a Quebec lawyer, professor and political figure. He represented Montmorency in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1878.[1]

He was born in Saint-Laurent on the Île d'Orléans in 1824,[1] the son of Jean Langlois and Marie Labrecque,[2] and studied at the Séminaire de Québec. He was called to the bar in 1847 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1867. Langlois was partner in a law firm in Quebec City with Louis-Napoléon Casault. He was professor of criminal law at Université Laval from 1858 to 1867. He was elected to the House of Commons in an 1867 by-election after Joseph Cauchon was named to the Senate.[3]

In 1870, Langlois married Mary Josephine Macdonald. He died in Quebec City at the age of 62.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Political Biography from the Library of Parliament
  2. 1 2 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. ↑ The Canadian parliamentary companion, HJ Morgan (1869)


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