Hilarion-Pit Lessard | |
Birth Date: | 11 February 1913 |
Birth Place: | Sainte-Germaine, Quebec, Canada |
Office: | Montreal city councillor |
Constituency: | Saint-Henri ward |
Term Start: | 1957 |
Term End: | 1966 |
Riding2: | Saint-Henri |
Term Start2: | March 1958 |
Term End2: | June 1968 |
Riding3: | Lasalle |
Term Start3: | June 1968 |
Term End3: | September 1972 |
Profession: | agent, garage owner/operator |
Party: | Liberal |
Hilarion-Pit Lessard (1913-1984) was a Canadian politician. He was a five-term Member of the House of Commons and was a City Councillor in Montreal, Quebec.
He was born in Sainte-Germaine, Quebec on February 11, 1913.
Lessard successfully ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Saint-Henri in 1958. He was re-elected in 1962, 1963 and 1965. He ran in the district of Lasalle in 1968 and won. He did not run for re-election in 1972.[1]
He was elected to Montreal's City Council as an Independent candidate in 1957. He was re-elected in 1960 and 1962. He lost his bid for re-election in 1966, against Civic candidate Guy Lacoste. He represented the district of Saint-Henri.
Pit Lessard died on September 10, 1984, due to heart failure.[2]