Louis LeBourdais | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia |
Predecessor: | Donald Morrison MacKay |
Successor: | Walter Hogg |
Term Start: | 1937 |
Term End: | 1947 |
Constituency: | Cariboo |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1888 |
Birth Place: | Clinton, British Columbia |
Death Place: | Quesnel, British Columbia |
Party: | British Columbia Liberal Party |
Occupation: | Telegrapher, journalist |
Louis Adelbert LeBourdais (June 26, 1888 - September 27, 1947) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1947 as a Liberal.
He was born in 1888, the son of Adelbert LeBourdais and Eleanor Connick, and was educated in Clinton and New Westminster. LeBourdais married Kate-Elizabeth Pughe on April 17, 1912 at Larkin, British Columbia (halfway between Vernon and Armstrong). He lived in Quesnel.[1] LeBourdais had mining interests in the Barkerville area. He was also an amateur historian.[2] From 1941 to 1947, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947.[3]
LeBourdais Park in Quesnel was named after him.[4]