Lucien Cliche

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.

Lucien Cliche
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Abitibi-Est
In office
1960–1970
Preceded byJacques Miquelon
Succeeded byRonald Tétrault
President of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec
In office
September 20, 1960  December 20, 1961
Preceded byMaurice Tellier
Succeeded byJohn Richard Hyde
Personal details
Born(1916-08-04)August 4, 1916
Vallée-Jonction, Quebec
DiedJune 2, 2005(2005-06-02) (aged 88)
Val-d'Or, Quebec
Political partyLiberal

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.

References

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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