Azellus Lavallée | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Berthier |
Predecessor: | Armand Sylvestre |
Successor: | Lucien McGuire |
Term Start: | 1948 |
Term End: | 1962 |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1894 |
Birth Place: | Berthierville, Quebec |
Spouse: | Éva Denis |
Residence: | Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier, Quebec |
Occupation: | farmer |
Azellus Lavallée (January 29, 1894 - August 30, 1976) was a Canadian politician from Quebec.[1] He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1948 to 1962 as a member of the Union Nationale.
A farmer, he served as mayor of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier from 1933 to 1937,[2] and ran as an independent candidate in Berthier—Maskinongé in the 1945 Canadian federal election,[3] after having been passed over as a Liberal Party of Canada candidate in favour of Aldéric Laurendeau.[1] A Bloc populaire challenger withdrew from the race to endorse and support Lavallée,[4] although he ultimately lost to Laurendeau.
He won election to the provincial legislature in the 1948 Quebec general election,[2] representing the district until the 1962 Quebec general election, when he was defeated in a re-election bid by Lucien McGuire of the Quebec Liberal Party.[5]
His wife, Éva Denis, was the sister of federal members of parliament Arthur Denis and Azellus Denis.[2]