Henry Lemaître Auger
Henry Lemaître Auger (1873–1948) was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.[1]
Background
He was born in Massachusetts on May 2, 1873 and married Marie-Éva Héroux in Trois-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 candidate Joseph-Roméo Toupin in the 1939 election.
Death
He died on June 10, 1948 in Montreal.
Footnotes
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
| National Assembly of Quebec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Irénée Vautrin (Liberal) |
MLA, District of Montréal–Saint-Jacques 1935-1939 |
Succeeded by Joseph-Roméo Toupin (Liberal) |