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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
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| name          = Pio H. Laporte
| image         =
| imagesize     =
| caption       =
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1878|9|1}}
| birth_place   = [[Verchères, Quebec]]<br>[[Canada]]
| death_date    = {{death date and age|1939|7|29|1878|9|1|mf=y}}
| death_place   = [[Saint-Basile, New Brunswick]]
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| education     = [[Laval University]]<br>[[University of Paris|Paris School of Medicine]]
| occupation    = [[Physician]], [[Politician]]
| party         = [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal]]
| spouse        = Émilienne Hervieux
| children      = 3 children
| parents       = Jean-Baptiste Laporte &<br>Marie le Noblet Duplessis
}}
'''Pio H. Laporte''' ([[Doctor of Medicine|MD]]) (September 1, 1878 - July 29, 1939) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[physician]] and [[politician]] in the [[New Brunswick|Province of New Brunswick]].
Born in [[Verchères, Quebec]], Pio Laporte studied medicine at [[Laval University]] in [[Quebec City]] then at the [[University of Paris|Paris School of Medicine]] in [[Paris]], [[France]]. By 1903, he had made his home in [[Edmundston, New Brunswick]] where he practised medicine and was on the staff of the Hôtel-Dieu in nearby [[Saint-Basile, New Brunswick|Saint-Basile]].
Pio Laporte entered municipal politics, serving as president of the local [[school board]] and mayor of Edmundston. In 1935 he moved into provincial politics and was elected to the [[38th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly]] as the [[New Brunswick Liberal Association|Liberal Party]] candidate for the riding of [[Madawaska County]]. His Party won power and new [[Premier of New Brunswick|Premier]] [[Allison Dysart]] immediately appointed Laporte to his [[Executive Council of New Brunswick|Cabinet]] as the [[Department of Health (New Brunswick)|Minister of Health and Labour]].
Doctor Pio Laporte died while in office in 1939 as a result of an [[Car accident|automobile accident]].
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| post1         = '''[[Department of Health (New Brunswick)|Minister of Health and Labour]]'''
| post1years    = 1938-1939
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| post1preceded = [[John B. McNair]]
| post1followed = [[John Babbitt McNair|John B. McNair]] (acting)
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==References==
* Grenier, Guy. ''100 ans de médecine francophone'' (Multimondes Editions -2002) ([[French language]]) {{ISBN|978-2-921146-87-6}}
* [http://www.umce.ca/hoteldieustbasile/en/expositions/image.php?id=1146 Archives of the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph (RHSJ), Saint-Basile, New Brunswick]
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