Élie Lacerte Explained

Élie Lacerte
Constituency Mp:Saint-Maurice
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers
Successor:Charles Gérin-Lajoie
Term Start:1868
Term End:1874
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Maurice
Predecessor2:Elzéar Gérin
Successor2:François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers
Term Start2:1875
Term End2:1878
Birth Date:21 November 1821
Birth Place:Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Death Place:Yamachiche, Quebec
Party:Conservative

Élie Lacerte (November 21, 1821  - April 24, 1898) was a physician and political figure in Quebec, Canada. He represented Saint Maurice in the House of Commons of Canada as a Conservative member from 1868 to 1874 and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1875 to 1878.

He was born in Saint-Sévère in 1821. He studied at the college at Nicolet and at Harvard University. In 1847, he was licensed to practice medicine and entered practice at Yamachiche. Lacerte was also postmaster there. He was elected to the House of Commons in an 1868 by-election after Louis Léon Lesieur Desaulniers resigned his seat. He was defeated in Saint Maurice during the federal general election of 1874, then elected to the provincial assembly in 1875 in the electoral district of the same name. He served as land agent for Saint Maurice from 1887 to 1898.

He died in Yamachiche in 1898.