Joseph Lessard

Joseph Lessard (April 8, 1847 – March 27, 1914) was a politician in the Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly.[1]

Early life

He was born on April 8, 1847, in Saint-Léon, Mauricie.

Political career

Lessard won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Conservative candidate in 1890 in the district of Maskinongé with the support of local Catholic Bishop Louis-François Richer Laflèche. He succeeded Joseph-Hormisdas Legris of Honoré Mercier’s Parti National.

In 1892 he lost re-election against Liberal candidate Hector Caron.

Death

He died on March 27, 1914.

Footnotes
  1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.


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