Aurélien Bélanger Explained

Aurélien Bélanger
Office1:Ontario MPP
Term Start1:1934
Term End1:1948
Predecessor1:Joseph St. Denis
Successor1:Louis-Pierre Cécile
Constituency1:Prescott
Term Start2:1923
Term End2:1929
Predecessor2:Alfred Goulet
Successor2:Charles Avila Séguin
Constituency2:Russell
Party:Liberal
Birth Date:18 March 1878
Birth Place:Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario

Aurélien Bélanger (March 18, 1878  - February 12, 1953) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal and Independent Liberal from 1923 to 1929 and Prescott as a Liberal from 1934 to 1948.

He was born in Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec in 1878, the son of Zotique Belanger, and studied at the Université Laval. Bélanger was a professor at the University of Ottawa, school inspector for Russell County, director of bilingual schools for the city of Ottawa and president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Ottawa. He married Alida, the daughter of Télesphore Rochon. Bélanger was one of the founders of the newspaper Le Droit in 1912.[1] He was defeated by Charles Avila Séguin for the Russell seat in 1929. He died at Ottawa in 1953.

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  1. Web site: Fonds Le Droit (C71). fr. Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française, University of Ottawa.