Joseph-Théophile Larochelle

Joseph-Théophile Larochelle (November 19, 1877 – October 8, 1954) was a politician of Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).^[1]

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

Larochelle served as a city councillor and as a school board member in Lévis.

He ran as an Action libérale nationale candidate in the district of Lévis in the 1935 provincial election and won. 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 La Salle until his death.

He died on October 8, 1954, in Lévis.

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