Paul Sauvé was born on 24 March 1907 in Saint-Benoît, now Mirabel, Québec, Canada. He was married to Luce Pelland. He died on 2 January 1960 in Saint-Eustache, Québec, Canada.
Son of a member of parliament, he was an officer in the Canadian army during WW!!, Elected in 1936, he became minister in 1952 and succeeded Maurice Duplessis as prime minister of Québec in September 1959. He died a few months later.