Alphonse Couturier (Liberal politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician (1902-1995)
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About Alphonse Couturier (Liberal politician)
- Alphonse Couturier (15 December 1902 – 11 August 1995) was a Canadian member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the Quebec Liberal Party. He studied medicine at the Université Laval, becoming a doctor in 1930.
- He studied further at the Post Graduate Medical School in New York City.
- He obtained a specialist certificate in general surgery in 1951.
- He worked as a surgeon in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec until 1970, and then in Quebec City until 1982. He was a school commissioner in Rivière-du-Loup from 1942 to 1948.
- He first ran for the Legislative Assembly in Rivière-du-Loup electoral district in the 1952 Quebec general election for the Quebec Liberal Party, but was defeated.
- However, he was elected in 1956, and re-elected in 1960 and 1962, but was defeated in 1966.
- He was Minister of Health from 1960 to 1965, and Minister of Tourism from 1965 to 1966.
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