George R. Deveau | |
Birth Date: | 14 October 1891 |
Birth Place: | Mavillette, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Death Place: | Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Office: | MLA for Richmond |
Term Start: | 1933 |
Term End: | 1937 |
Predecessor: | new riding |
Successor: | Donald David Boyd |
Party: | Nova Scotia Liberal Party |
Occupation: | physician |
George Raymond Deveau (October 14, 1891 – November 4, 1983) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1937. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.[1]
Deveau was born in 1891 at Mavillette, Digby County, Nova Scotia.[2] He was educated at Saint Mary's University and Laval University.[2] He married Marie Marguerite Fortier in 1919.[2] He was employed as a port physician and medical officer at Arichat, Nova Scotia.[2] Deveau made two unsuccessful attempts at entering provincial politics, losing the 1920 election in the Richmond riding,[3] and the 1925 election in the Richmond and Cape Breton West riding.[4] He ran again in the 1933 election, winning the new Richmond riding by 397 votes.[5] Deveau did not reoffer in the 1937 election.[1] Deveau died at Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 4, 1983.[2]