few months after the election, at his home in St. Boniface. The Winnipeg Free Press wrote that his death "remove[d] from public life in Manitoba one of its most personable young men," describing Boulic as having wide knowledge of municipal affairs, a "contagious French Canadian sense of humour" and "rich personal charm." The paper added that he had not served long enough as Provincial Secretary to make a strong impact in the position. At the time of Boulic's death, Dufferin Roblin described him as a "pillar of the cabinet and a very dear personal friend." He later paid him the following tribute in his memoirs: [Boulic was] first and foremost a Franco-Manitoban, with that solid Norman temperament we often see in the province. His transition from rural reeve to provincial cabinet minister was difficult for him because it brought him into an entirely new circle of activity, both in government and indeed in city life. He was making a very good fist of things when unfortunately he died of a heart attack on September 22, 1959. [...] This was a blow from which I never recovered because never again was I able to have Franco-Manitoban representation in cabinet. Electoral record References 1916 births 1959 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba MLAs Franco-Manitoban people Mayors of places in Manitoba