Pierre-Auguste Lafleur

Pierre-Auguste Lafleur (March 3, 1872 December 14, 1954) was a Canadian politician and a five-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]

Pierre-Auguste Lafleur
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Verdun
In office
1923–1939
Preceded byDistrict created in 1922
Succeeded byJoseph-Jean-Léopold Comeau
Personal details
Born(1872-03-03)March 3, 1872
Sainte-Adèle, Quebec
DiedDecember 14, 1954(1954-12-14) (aged 82)
Verdun, Quebec
Political partyUnion Nationale

Background

He was born in Sainte-Adèle, Laurentides on March 3, 1872 and made career in the furniture industry. He married Jennie Veitch in Verdun, Quebec in 1918.

City Councillor

He served as a city councillor from 1921 to 1933 in Verdun.

Member of the legislature

Lafleur ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Montréal-Verdun in the 1923 election and won. He was re-elected in the 1927, 1931 and 1935 elections.

He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election.

He was defeated in the 1939, 1944 and 1948 elections.

Death

He died on December 14, 1954 in Verdun.

References

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