Paul Vilmond Savard | |
Constituency Mp: | Chicoutimi—Saguenay |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Paul Couture |
Successor: | Louis-de-Gonzague Belley |
Term Start: | 1891 |
Term End: | 1892 |
Predecessor2: | Louis-de-Gonzague Belley |
Successor2: | Joseph Girard |
Term Start2: | 1896 |
Term End2: | 1900 |
Birth Date: | 28 July 1864 |
Birth Place: | Les Éboulements, Canada East |
Death Place: | Chicoutimi, Quebec |
Party: | Liberal |
Relations: | Edmond Savard, brother |
Paul Vilmond Savard (July 28, 1864 - August 21, 1908) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Les Éboulements, County of Charlevoix, Canada East, the son of Idas Savard and Démérise Tremblay,[1] Savard received his early education at the Seminary of Chicoutimi. He also studied at the Université Laval, where he graduated in Law in 1886.[2] Savard was called to the Quebec bar in 1886 and practised law in Chicoutimi. In 1889, he married Marie-Louise Dufresne. He was an unsuccessful candidate in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec at the general elections of 1890.[1] He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Chicoutimi—Saguenay in the general elections of 1891, but was unseated. A Liberal, he was re-elected in the general elections of 1896 and was defeated in 1900. He died in Chicoutimi at the age of 44.[1]
His brother Edmond also served as a member of the House of Commons.