Paul Langevin is a former provincial politician from Alberta, Canada.

[edit] Political career

Langevin first ran as a Liberal candidate in the St. Paul electoral district in the 1989 Alberta general election. He was defeated by incumbent Progressive Conservative MLA John Drobot.^[1]

Langevin ran for the Liberals a second time and was elected to the Alberta Legislature in the 1993 Alberta general election winning the new riding of Lac La Biche-St. Paul. He won the riding defeating two other candidates in a closely contested race.^[2] In 1994 he left the Liberal caucus and sat as an Independent. On April 24, 1995 he joined the Progressive Conservatives giving up Independent status.^[3] He ran for a second term in office in the 1997 Alberta general election. He won re-election with a reduced popular vote in a six way race.^[4].

On October 5, 2000 he announced a 1.2million dollar project to build the Lakeland Interpretive Centre and Regional Leisure Complex and a quarter of a million dollar grant to restore the Lac La Biche Mission Historic Site as part of the provinces centennial celebrations.^[5] Langevin retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the Assembly in 2001.

On November 11, 2008, Paul Langevin died in St. Paul, Alberta at the age of 66.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing

Legislative Assembly of Alberta
Preceded by New District	MLA Lac La Biche-St. Paul 1993-2001	Succeeded by Ray Danyluk