Louis Lavergne Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Louis Lavergne
Constituency Mp:Drummond—Arthabaska
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Joseph Lavergne
Successor:Arthur Gilbert
Term Start:1897
Term End:1910
Office2:Senator for Kennebec, Quebec
Predecessor2:George Alexander Drummond
Successor2:Georges Parent
Term Start2:October 13, 1910
Term End2:June 3, 1930
Birth Date:1 December 1845
Birth Place:St. Pierre de Montmagny, Canada East
Party:Liberal
Relations:Joseph Lavergne (brother)
Armand Renaud Lavergne (nephew)

Louis Lavergne (December 1, 1845  - February 15, 1931) was a Canadian politician.

Born in St. Pierre de Montmagny, Canada East, Lavergne was educated at the Collège Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. A notary by profession, Lavergne was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Drummond—Arthabaska in an 1897 by-election, after his brother, Joseph Lavergne, the current MP was appointed Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of the Province of Quebec. A Liberal, Lavergne was acclaimed in the 1900 election and re-elected in 1904 and 1908. In 1910, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of Kennebec, Quebec on the advice of Wilfrid Laurier. He served until resigning on June 3, 1930.[1]

His nephew, Armand Renaud Lavergne, was also an MP.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Five are given Senate seats. Detroit Free Press. June 4, 1930.