- Henry Lemaître Auger
Henry Lemaître Auger was a
Canadian politician and a two-term Member of theLegislative Assembly of Quebec . [ [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/a/augehl.htm Henry Lemaître Auger, Assemblée nationale du Québec] ]Background
He was born in
Massachusetts onMay 2 ,1873 and got married to Marie-Éva Héroux inTrois-Rivières ,Mauricie in 1906.City Councillor
He ran for a seat on the city council of Montreal in 1930 and won against incumbent Damase Généreux. He represented the district of Saint-Jacques. He was re-elected in 1932 and 1934. He resigned in 1936 to enter provincial politics.
Member of the Legislature
Auger ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Montréal-Saint-Jacques in the 1935 election and won.
He joined
Maurice Duplessis 's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was appointed to the Cabinet and served as Minister of Colonization until his defeated against Liberal candidateJoseph-Roméo Toupin in the 1939 election.Death
He died on
June 10 ,1948 inMontreal .Footnotes
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