Cyrille Vaillancourt CBE was a journalist, civil servant, businessman and political figure in Quebec.
13 Facts About Cyrille Vaillancourt
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Cyrille Vaillancourt represented La Durantaye division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1943 to 1944 and sat for Kennebec division in the Senate of Canada from 1944 to 1969 as a Liberal.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt was born in Saint-Anselme, Quebec, the son of Cyrille-Emile Vaillancourt and Marie-Louise Larochelle, and was educated at the College de Levis and the Universite Laval.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt worked for the Etoile du Nord at Joliette before serving in the Quebec Department of Agriculture, responsible for the areas of beekeeping and maple syrup production.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt became director for the Caisse-Populaire at Levis in 1924, then was vice-president from 1929 to 1932 and administrator from 1929 to 1969.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt was the first president of the Federation des caisses populaires for the province of Quebec.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt served as president of Assurance-vie Desjardins, the Association Cooperative Desjardins and the Societe de Gestion Aubigny.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt was honorary lieutenant-colonel and then honorary colonel in the militia.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt served on the school board for Levis from 1927 to 1961.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt was president of the Saint Vincent de Paul Society at Levis.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt was invested as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1944 and invested as a Commander of the Order of St Gregory the Great in 1947.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt was married twice: to Maria Ferland in 1916 and to Marie-Blanche Normandin, dit Lajoie in 1920.
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Cyrille Vaillancourt resigned from the Senate on January 3,1969 due to ill health.