Roméo Lorrain
Roméo Lorrain was a politician Quebec, Canada and a nine-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.
Early life
He was born on May 26, 1901, in Buckingham, Quebec and became a farmer. Lorrain was a journalist and a business person.Political career
He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Papineau (provincial [electoral district)|Papineau] in the 1935 [Quebec general election|1935 provincial election] and won. He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936, 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960 and 1962 elections. He did not run for re-election in the 1966 election and was succeeded again by Roland Théorêt.Lorrain was appointed to the Cabinet in 1944, serving as Minister of Public Works until 1960.