Background
He was born in Saint-Barthélémi, Canada East, the son of Amable Lafontaine and Julie Lincourt, and was educated there, at the Collège de Joliette and the Collège de l"Assomption.
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Joseph Lafontaine
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Career
He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1904 to 1912 and from 1916 to 1919 as a Liberal. Lafontaine was married twice: to Georgie Rochette in 1889 and to Juliette Mousseau in 1905. He was mayor of Saint-Barthélémi from 1897 to 1903 and also served as warden for Berthier County.
Lafontaine was president of the school board for Saint-Barthélémi from 1910 to 1919.
He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1904 by-election. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1912 but elected again in 1916.
In 1919, he was named inspector of prisons. Lafontaine died in Saint-Barthélémi at the age of 54.
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Political Party
Quebec Liberal Party