Louis-Georges Desjardins | |
Constituency Mp: | L'Islet |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Philippe Baby Casgrain |
Successor: | Joseph Israël Tarte |
Term Start: | 1891 |
Term End: | 1892 |
Constituency Mp2: | Montmorency |
Parliament2: | Canadian |
Predecessor2: | Charles Langelier |
Successor2: | Joseph Israël Tarte |
Term Start2: | 1890 |
Term End2: | 1891 |
Office3: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montmorency |
Predecessor3: | Charles Langelier |
Successor3: | Charles Langelier |
Term Start3: | 1881 |
Term End3: | 1890 |
Birth Date: | 12 May 1849 |
Birth Place: | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Resting Place: | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
Party: | Conservative |
Otherparty: | Conservative Party of Quebec |
Louis-Georges Desjardins (May 12, 1849 - June 8, 1928) was a Canadian journalist and politician.
Born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East, the son of François Roy dit Desjardins and Clarisse Miville dit Deschênes, Desjardins was educated at the Collège de Lévis and at the Military College. A journalist, he was the editor-in-chief of newspaper Le Canadien from 1875 to 1880.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Montmorency in the 1881 election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1886 and was defeated in 1890. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Montmorency in an 1890 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1891 election for the electoral district of L'Islet. He resigned in 1892 when he was appointed Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, a position which he held until 1912.
He was also a Lieutenant-Colonel of the 17th Levis Battalion, Volunteer Militia.
After his death in 1928, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]