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Pierre Auguste Lafleur

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Political party
  
Died
  
December 14, 1954


Role
  
Politician

Name
  
Pierre-Auguste Lafleur

Resigned
  
1939

Preceded by
  
District created in 1922

Succeeded by
  
Joseph-Jean-Leopold Comeau

Born
  
March 3, 1872Sainte-Adele, Quebec (
1872-03-03
)

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

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Background

He was born in Sainte-Adèle, Laurentides on March 3, 1872 and made career in the furniture industry. He got married to 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

Pierre-Auguste Lafleur Wikipedia


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