Élisée Thériault Explained

Élisée Thériault
Office:Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Kennebec
Predecessor:Joseph-Édouard Caron
Successor:Ernest Benoît
Term Start:1929
Term End:1958
Predecessor2:Joseph-Octave Morin
Successor2:Adélard Godbout
Term Start2:1916
Term End2:1929
Birth Date:11 January 1884
Birth Place:Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec
Death Place:Quebec City, Quebec
Spouse:Cécile Hamel
Party:Liberal

Élisée Thériault (January 11, 1884  - July 30, 1958) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1916 to 1929 as a Liberal.

He was born in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, Quebec, the son of Pierre Thériault and Marie-S. Saint-Pierre. Thériault was educated at the Collège de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, the Collège de Lévis and the Université Laval. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1913 and set up practice in Quebec City. In 1914, he married Cécile Hamel. Thériault was named King's Counsel in 1924. He was a member of the municipal council for Quebec City from 1916 to 1918 and served as judicial counsel for the city of Quebec from 1918 to 1939. Thériault resigned his seat in the Quebec assembly after he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Kennebec division.

He died in office in Quebec City at the age of 74 and was buried in the Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont at Sainte-Foy.