Joseph Larochelle

Background

He was born on November 19, 1877 near Lévis, Chaudière-Appalaches and worked in Massachusetts for four years.

Career

Larochelle served as a city councillor and as a school board member in Lévisiting Larochelle joined Maurice Duplessis"s Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Joseph-Georges Francoeur in the 1939 election.

Larochelle was re-elected in the 1944 and 1948 elections.

He became Minister without Portfolio in 1944. He resigned in 1948 to accept a seat in the Legislative Council of Quebec and represented the division of Louisiana Salle until his death.

He died on October 8, 1954 in Lévisiting

Achievements

• He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Lévis in the 1935 provincial election and won.