[1] He was born in 1894 in Saint-Barnabé, in the Mauricie region in Quebec, Canada and was married to Laure Lauterreur.
He studied law in Manitoba and also practiced as a lawyer in that province for a few years.
He then returned to his home province of Québec where he founded his own law firm (Lafond, Gélinas) located on 5e rue (Fifth Street).
[2] Jean Chrétien, Canada's 20th prime minister, articled and practiced at the firm from 1959 to 1960.
He ran for mayor in the special election that was held on May 3, 1937, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Lucien Bourassa and won against J.A.