Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Paul Comtois | |
Constituency Mp2: | Nicolet—Yamaska |
Parliament2: | Canadian |
Predecessor2: | Maurice Boisvert |
Successor2: | Clément Vincent |
Term Start2: | June 10, 1957 |
Term End2: | October 12, 1961 |
Office: | Lieutenant Governor of Quebec |
Order: | 21st |
Predecessor: | Onésime Gagnon |
Successor: | Hugues Lapointe |
Term Start: | October 12, 1961 |
Term End: | February 21, 1966 |
Governor General: | Georges Vanier |
Premier: | Jean Lesage |
Birth Date: | 22 August 1895 |
Birth Place: | Pierreville, Quebec |
Death Place: | Sillery, Quebec |
Cabinet: | Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys (1957–1961) |
Party: | Progressive Conservative |
Relations: | Charles-Ignace Gill, great-uncle |
Paul Comtois (August 22, 1895 - February 21, 1966) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Pierreville, Quebec, the son of Urbain Comtois and Elizabeth McCaffrey, he ran unsuccessfully for the House of Commons of Canada in the 1930 federal election and in a 1933 by-election. He was elected in 1957 election for the riding of Nicolet—Yamaska. A Progressive Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1958 election. From 1957 to 1961, he was the Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys. In 1961, he was appointed the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
He served until 1966, when he was killed in a fire that destroyed his official residence. While trying to save the Blessed Sacrament from the private chapel, he was overcome by the flames. The only objects he was able to recover were cruets, presumably because he found the tabernacle was locked.[1]