{{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Paul Comtois | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}} | image = | 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 | monarch = Elizabeth II | governor_general = Georges Vanier | premier = Jean Lesage | birth_date = {{birth date|1895|8|22}} | birth_place = Pierreville, Quebec | death_date = {{death date and age|1966|2|21|1895|8|22}} | death_place = Sillery, Quebec | spouse = | cabinet = Minister of Mines and Technical Surveys (1957–1961) | party = Progressive Conservative | relations = Charles-Ignace Gill, great-uncle | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = }} '''Paul Comtois''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (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.<ref>Bernard Pothier viewed the objects found under Comtois' remains and reported his findings in Challenge magazine.</ref>
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