Noël Saint-Germain
Canadian politician
Noël Saint-Germain (December 24, 1922 – July 27, 1998) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec, who represented Jacques-Cartier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1966 to 1981.
Born in Lachine, Quebec, Saint-Germain studied optometry at the Université de Montréal. He was an alderman in Lachine, Quebec from 1965 to 1966. He was elected in the 1966 Quebec general election for the Quebec Liberal Party, and was re-elected in 1970, 1973, and 1976. He did not run for re-election in 1981.
References
"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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