Esdras Alfred de St-Georges explained

Esdras Alfred de St-Georges
Constituency Mp:Portneuf
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Jean-Docile Brousseau
Successor:Roch-Pamphile Vallée
Term Start:1872
Term End:1878
Predecessor2:Roch-Pamphile Vallée
Successor2:Arthur Delisle
Term Start2:1882
Term End2:1890
Birth Date:4 August 1849
Birth Place:Cap-Santé, Canada East
Death Place:Cap-Santé, Quebec, Quebec
Party:Liberal

Esdras Alfred de St-Georges (August 4, 1849 – June 19, 1890) was a Quebec lawyer, physician and political figure. He represented Portneuf in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1878 and from 1882 to 1890 as a Liberal member.

He was born in Cap-Santé, Canada East, the son of Laurent Aurez de St-Georges and Adelaine Allsopp who was the daughter of George Waters Allsopp. He received the degree of M.D. from Victoria College in Cobourg, Ontario and a degree in law from the Université Laval. He practised law at Quebec City and was also a governor of the College of Surgeons and Physicians of Lower Canada. In 1875, de St-Georges married Laura, the daughter of Isidore Thibaudeau.[1] He was elected again in 1878 but unseated after an appeal; he also ran unsuccessfully in the riding of Montmorency in 1880. De St-Georges died in office in 1890 at Cap-Santé.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=32959 The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1887, JA Gemmill
  2. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.