Charles Langlois (politician)

Charles A. Langlois (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl lɑ̃ɡlwa]; born 22 March 1938) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993.

Langlois was born in Sainte-Marthe-de-Gaspé, Quebec and was educated at Collège Notre-Dame-des-Champs.

He succeeded Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, who ran and was elected in the Charlevoix riding instead.

Langlois held membership in the provincial Quebec Liberal Party at the time, but encouraged federal voters in Quebec to "elect a member on the government side" namely the Progressive Conservatives under Mulroney.

[2] He served in the 34th Canadian Parliament, after which he lost his seat to Bloc Québécois candidate Bernard St-Laurent in the 1993 federal election.