Joseph Lafontaine (Quebec MP)

Joseph Lafontaine (4 April 1885 – 14 December 1965) was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Mégantic—Frontenac and then Mégantic in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1940 to 1958.

He was born in St-Calixte de Somerset, Quebec, the son of Grégoire Lafontaine and Aurélie Tourigny, and was educated in Arthabaska. In 1906, he married Marie-Louise Boisvert. Lafontaine was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1935. He lived in Thetford Mines.^{[citation needed]}

v t e 1949 Canadian federal election: Mégantic
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lafontaine	13,273
	Progressive Conservative	Oliva Cyr	6,791
	Union des électeurs	Joseph Gagné	2,230
	Co-operative Commonwealth	Émile Grenier	415

v t e 1953 Canadian federal election: Mégantic
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lafontaine	13,951
	Progressive Conservative	Albert Coté	8,420

v t e 1957 Canadian federal election: Mégantic
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph Lafontaine	15,378
	Progressive Conservative	Robert Gervais	8,300

References

• Joseph Lafontaine – Parliament of Canada biography
• Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1957, PJ Normandin