Joseph Arthur Lesage Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Joseph Arthur Lesage
Birthname:Joseph Arthur Lesage
Birth Date:1881 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Louiseville, Quebec
Death Place:Sillery, Quebec
Spouse:Emma Lachapelle
Residence:Sillery, Quebec
Office:Senator for Gulf, Quebec
Appointed:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Predecessor:David Ovide L'Espérance
Successor:Charles Gavan Power
Term Start:3 March 1944
Term End:9 March 1950
Profession:insurance broker
Party:Liberal

Joseph Arthur Lesage (7 June 1881 – 9 March 1950) was a Liberal party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Louiseville, Quebec and became an insurance broker. He was the uncle of Jean Lesage.

The son of Hercule Lesage and Émilie Caron, he was educated at Louiseville College and the Laval Normal School. He married Emma Lachapelle in 1911. Lesage served as an alderman for Quebec City from 1918 to 1926. He was president of Lesage Proteau Ltd. and Les publications Cartier, Ltée and vice-president of Yellow Taxi Ltd.[1]

He was appointed to the Senate for the Gulf, Quebec division on 3 March 1944 following nomination by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. Lesage remained in that role until his death on 9 March 1950.

References

  1. Book: Johnson, J.K. . The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967 . 1968 . Public Archives of Canada.