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Pierre-Auguste Lafleur

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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

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]

Background

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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

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

Member of the legislature

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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

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He died on December 14, 1954, in Verdun.

References

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