Louis-Pierre Cécile

Louis-Pierre Cécile
Ontario MPP
In office
1948–1967
Preceded byAurélien Bélanger
Succeeded byRiding abolished
ConstituencyPrescott
Personal details
Born(1905-01-15)January 15, 1905
Tecumseh, Ontario
DiedFebruary 19, 1995(1995-02-19) (aged 90)[1]
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Spouse
Fabienne Gascon
(m. 1941)

Louis-Pierre Cécile (January 15, 1905 – February 19, 1995[2]) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Prescott in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1948 to 1967 as a Progressive Conservative member.

He was born in Tecumseh, Ontario in 1905, the son of Arthur-Lewis Cécile, and studied at the Université de Montréal and Osgoode Hall. In 1941, he married Fabienne Gascon. He was chairman of the Secondary School Board for Hawkesbury. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the federal parliament in 1945. Cécile was Minister of Travel and Publicity in the provincial cabinet from 1949 to 1955 and Minister of Public Welfare from 1955 to 1966.

Cabinet positions

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Ontario provincial government of John Robarts
Ontario provincial government of Leslie Frost
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor Office Successor
Bill Goodfellow Minister of Public Welfare
1955-1966
John Yaremko
Ontario provincial government of Thomas Kennedy
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor Office Successor
George Arthur Welsh Minister of Travel and Publicity
1948-1955
Bryan Cathcart

References

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  1. ^ Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1995
  2. ^ David Leyton-Brown, ed. (2002). "Obituaries 1995". Canadian Annual Review of Politics and Public Affairs 1995. University of Toronto Press. p. 245. ISBN 9780802036735.

Further reading

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  • Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, L. Brault (1963)
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