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Lucien Cliche

1916 – 2005

Canadian politician

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About Lucien Cliche

Lived 1916 – 2005 (aged 88). Lucien Cliche was a Canadian politician.

Lucien Cliche (; August 4, 1916 – June 2, 2005) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Abitibi-Est in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and then the 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 Vallée-Jonction, Quebec, the son of Vital Cliche and Anne-Marie Cloutier. Cliche was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1940 and set up practice first in Vallée-Jonction and then in Val-d'Or. In 1960, he was named 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.

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Laval University
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec

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Who was Lucien Cliche?

Canadian politician (1916-2005)

When was Lucien Cliche born?

Lucien Cliche was born on 4 August 1916 in Vallée-Jonction.

When did Lucien Cliche die?

Lucien Cliche died on 2 June 2005 in Val-d'Or.

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Lucien Cliche was a politician.

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Lucien Cliche was Canadian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Lucien Cliche

· Wikidata: Q3265431

· DBpedia: Lucien Cliche

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