Maurice Boisvert Explained

Maurice Boisvert
Constituency Mp:Nicolet—Yamaska
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Renaud Chapdelaine
Successor:Paul Comtois
Term Start:June 1949
Term End:June 1957
Birth Date:1897 2, df=y
Birth Place:Pierreville, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Liberal
Spouse:Pauline LaBel
(m. 21 April 1924)[1]
Occupation:lawyer

Maurice Boisvert (18 February 1897 – 23 February 1988) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1949 election to represent the riding of Nicolet—Yamaska defeating Progressive Conservative MP Renaud Chapdelaine who had won an upset by-election victory earlier that year. Boisvert was re-elected in 1953.

He was born in 1897, the son of Adelard and Laura (née Cartier) Boisvert. He attended Nicolet College and Laval University, receiving his B.A. cum laude in 1918 from the latter.

Boisvert died on 23 February 1988 at Ottawa. He was 91.[2]

Archives

There is a Maurice Boisvert fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Archival reference number is R7644.

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Canadian Who's who - Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts, Arthur L. Tunnell - Google Books . 1963 . Google Books. 2013-11-08.
  2. Obituaries, Montreal Gazette, 24 February 1988