Joseph-Arthur Lortie

Joseph-Arthur Lortie (January 2, 1869 – February 15, 1958) was a physician and political figure in Quebec.

[1] He was born in Sainte-Justine-de-Newton, Quebec, the son of Joseph Lortie and Marie-Julienne Montpetit, and was educated at the Collège Bourget and the Université Laval.

He received his qualifications as a doctor in 1895 and set up practice in St-Polycarpe.

Lortie served on the municipal council of St-Polycarpe from 1908 to 1909.

He was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1911 and to the Quebec assembly in 1927.