Achille Bergevin

Achille Bergevin (3 March 1870 – 16 April 1933) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.

Achille Bergevin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Beauharnois
In office
1900–1908
Preceded byArthur Plante
Succeeded byArthur Plante
In office
1919–1923
Preceded byEdmund Arthur Robert
Succeeded byArthur Plante
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Repentigny
In office
1910–1913
Preceded byHorace Archambeault
Succeeded byGeorges-Aimé Simard
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for De Salaberry
In office
1913–1914
Preceded byJean-Damien Rolland
Succeeded byAlphonse Racine
Personal details
Born(1870-03-03)3 March 1870
Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, Canada
Died16 April 1933(1933-04-16) (aged 63)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal

Born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, the son of Gilbert Bergevin and Marie Daoust, Bergevin was educated at the Commercial Academy of Varennes.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Beauharnois in the 1900 election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1904 and was defeated in 1908. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec for the Repentigny division in 1910. He resigned in 1913 and was re-appointed for the De Salaberry division. He resigned in 1914, after allegations were made against him by the Montreal Daily Mail. He was re-elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1919 and was defeated in 1923. He ran unsuccessfully as an independent Liberal for the House of Commons of Canada for the federal riding of Beauharnois in the 1926 election.

  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.


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