Jean Langlois

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Jean Langlois {{post-nominals|country=CAN|QC}} ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃ lɑ̃ɡlwa}}; February 16, 1824 – March 8, 1886) was a Quebec lawyer, professor and political figure. He represented Montmorency in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1878.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=3131|nolist=yes}}

He was born in Saint-Laurent on the Île d'Orléans in 1824, the son of Jean Langlois and Marie Labrecque,{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada}} and studied at the Séminaire de Québec. He was called to the bar in 1847 and became a Queen's Counsel in 1867. Langlois was partner in a law firm in Quebec City with Louis-Napoléon Casault. He was professor of criminal law at Université Laval from 1858 to 1867. He was elected to the House of Commons in an 1867 by-election after Joseph-Édouard Cauchon was named to the Senate.{{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32944/132 |page=110 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion |year=1869 |publisher=Montreal Printing and Publishing Company |editor-last=Morgan |editor-first=Henry J. |editor-link=Henry James Morgan |edition=Fifth}}

In 1870, Langlois married Mary Josephine Macdonald. He died in Quebec City at the age of 62.