Joseph-Georges-Philippe Laurin (9 July 1892 – 6 October 1964) was a Conservative

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 member of the Canadian House of Commons

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. He was born in Montreal

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, Quebec

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 and became a notary.

Laurin attended Saint-Laurent College, then the Université de Montréal

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 where he earned his Bachelor of Laws

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 degree. He became a school commissioner of Saint-Laurent

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 in 1927 and became president of that commission in July 1929. Laurin was particularly interested in sports and was a member of the Canadian team to an international event at Nancy, France in 1911.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Jacques Cartier

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 riding in the 1930 general election

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. After serving his only term, the 17th Canadian Parliament

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, Laurin was defeated by Vital Mallette

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 of the Liberal party

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 in the 1935 federal election

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