François Langlois was a member of the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1993 to 1997. He is a lawyer

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 by career.

He was elected in the Bellechasse electoral district

Bellechasse (electoral district)

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 under the Bloc Québécois

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 party in the 1993 federal election

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, thus serving in the 35th Canadian Parliament

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Due to restructuring of electoral districts, Langlois would be a candidate in the Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet

Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet

Bellechasse—Etchemins—Montmagny—L'Islet was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2004....

 riding in the 1997 federal election

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 but lost to Liberal

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 Gilbert Normand

Gilbert Normand

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. Langlois also failed to unseat Normand in the 2000 federal election

Canadian federal election, 2000

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s. Langlois made no further attempts to re-enter Canadian politics since then.