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]