Joseph-Séraphin-Aimé Ashby Explained

Joseph-Séraphin-Aimé Ashby
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Jacques-Cartier
Predecessor:Philémon Cousineau
Successor:Esioff-Léon Patenaude
Term Start:1916
Term End:1923
Birth Date:29 April 1876
Birth Place:Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, Quebec
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec
Party:Liberal

Joseph-Séraphin-Aimé Ashby (April 29, 1876  - March 5, 1962) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.

Born in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir, Quebec, the son of George Ashby and Euphrosine Messier, Ashby was educated at the college of Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir and the Université Laval at Montreal. He became a notary public in 1904 and practice in Lachine. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Jacques-Cartier in the 1916 election. A Quebec Liberal, he was re-elected in the 1919 election and was defeated in the 1923 election. From 1923 to 1925, he was mayor of Lachine.