[1] He was born on August 6, 1900, in Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, and was a car dealer.

Bégin first won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as an Action libérale nationale candidate in 1935 in the district of Dorchester.

Bégin won re-election in 1936, 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, 1956 and, with a substantially reduced margin, in 1960.

He was appointed to Premier Maurice Duplessis's Cabinet in 1944.

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