Émilien Lafrance

Émilien Lafrance (September 6, 1911 – October 21, 1977) was a Canadian politician, cabinet minister and a five-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.

Background Lafrance was born in 1911 in the Quebec town of Danville. He studied at Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée in Sherbrooke and Collège Sacré-Cœur in Victoriaville.

Early politics Lafrance was politically involved long before his first election to the National Assembly. He served as a local organizer for Action libérale nationale in the 1935 election and ran as a member of the Bloc populaire in the riding of Richmond—Wolfe in the 1945 federal election, coming in a distant second to the local Liberal candidate. Additionally, Lafrance suggested that not only was drug use and alcoholism not specifically a problem with school-age children, but was instead indicative of larger social problems within the community.

Émilien Lafrance died on October 21, 1977, near Lac Memphrémagog. He was buried in Danville, in the cemetery of Saint-Anne's Parish.

Post life Merits and honours He was inducted into the Danville select club, 3rd edit, on October 20, 2016.