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Alphonse Couturier
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| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Rivière-du-Loup | |
| In office 1956–1966 | |
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| Born | December 15, 1902 |
| Died | August 11, 1995 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Alma mater | Université Laval |
| Occupation | surgeon, politician |
| Cabinet | Minister of Health (1960-1965) Minister of Tourism (1965-1966) |
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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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