Lucien Cliche
Lucien Cliche | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Abitibi-Est | |
In office 1960–1970 | |
Preceded by | Jacques Miquelon |
Succeeded by | Ronald Tétrault |
President of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec | |
In office September 20, 1960 – December 20, 1961 | |
Preceded by | Maurice Tellier |
Succeeded by | John Richard Hyde |
Personal details | |
Born | Vallée-Jonction, Quebec | August 4, 1916
Died | June 2, 2005 Val-d'Or, Quebec | (aged 88)
Political party | Liberal |
Lucien Cliche (August 4, 1916 – June 2, 2005) was a lawyer and political figure in
Quebec National Assembly from 1960 to 1970 as a Liberal. Cliche was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
from 1960 to 1961.
He was born in
Queen's Counsel. Cliche was bâtonnier for the Abitibi-Témiscamingue bar. He also was recorder and then attorney for the town of Val D'Or, as well as serving on the municipal council for Val-d'Or. In 1954, with Alcide Courcy
and Jean-Pierre Bonneville, he founded Le Progrès de Rouyn-Noranda. He served as president of the Chamber of Commerce for Val-d'Or-Bourlamaque.
He served in the Quebec cabinet as Minister of Municipal Affairs from 1961 to 1962 and Minister of Lands and Forests from 1962 to 1966.
Cliche was married twice: to Clara Morrison in 1943 and to Rose Lannan in 1971. He died in Val-d'Or at the age of 88. His wife died in 2007 aged 88.
References
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.