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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1879–1971)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Honourable]]
| name             = Arthur-Lucien Beaubien
| honorific-suffix =
| smallimage       = Arthur-Lucien Beaubien.jpg
| office1          = [[Senate of Canada|Senator]] for Provencher, Manitoba
| appointed1       = [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]]
| term_start1      = January 29, 1940
| term_end1        = February 1, 1969
| constituency_MP2 = [[Provencher]]
| parliament2      = Canadian
| majority2        = 
| predecessor2     = [[John Patrick Molloy]]
| successor2       = [[René Jutras]]
| term_start2      = 1921
| term_end2        = 1940
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1879|02|11}}
| birth_place      = [[Victoriaville|Arthabaska]], Quebec, Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1971|03|21|1879|02|11}}
| death_place      =
| nationality=[[Canadians|Canadian]]
| spouse           =
| party            = [[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive Party]]<br />[[Liberal-Progressive]]<br />[[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]]
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| children         =
| residence        =
| alma_mater       =
| occupation       = Farmer
| profession       =
| portfolio        = Government Whip in the Senate (1951–1957 & 1964–1969)<br />Opposition Whip in the Senate (1958–1962)
| committees       = Chair, Special Committee on the Canadian Radio Commission (1936)
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| website          = 
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}}

'''Arthur-Lucien Beaubien''' (February 11, 1879 – March 21, 1971) was a Canadian politician and farmer.

Born in [[Victoriaville|Arthabaska]], Quebec, he was elected to the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the 1921 election as a member of the [[Progressive Party of Canada|Progressive Party]] to represent the [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] or electoral district of [[Provencher]]. He was re-elected in 1925, and in 1926 (by [[acclamation]]) and 1930 as a Liberal Progressive. He was then re-elected in 1935 as he switched to the Liberal Party.

In 1940, he was appointed to the [[Senate of Canada]] upon the advice of [[William Lyon Mackenzie King|Mackenzie King]] to the [[Canadian Senate divisions|senate division]] of [[Provencher, Manitoba]]. He was made Government Whip in the Senate in 1951 until 1957. He became the Senate Opposition Whip in 1958 until 1962 then served another term as Senate Government Whip from 1964 to 1969.

Beaubien also served on various [[standing committee (Canada)|standing committees]]. He was chair of the Special Committee on the [[Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission]] during the [[18th Parliament of Canada|18th Parliament]]. He sat on the [[Standing Joint Committee on the Parliamentary Restaurant]], during the [[27th Parliament of Canada|18th Parliament]] as well as numerous Senate committees. Prior to his federal political experience, he was [[Reeve (Canada)|reeve]] of [[Montcalm, Manitoba]] in 1921.

== Electoral history ==
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==References==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=7}}

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[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Manitoba]]
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[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]
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