Aurélien Bélanger
Aurélien Bélanger | |
|---|---|
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1934–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph St. Denis |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Pierre Cécile |
| Constituency | Prescott |
| In office 1923–1929 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Goulet |
| Succeeded by | Charles Avila Séguin |
| Constituency | Russell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 18, 1878 Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec |
| Died | February 12, 1953 (aged 74) Ottawa, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Alida Rochon (m. 1912) |
Aurélien Bélanger (March 18, 1878 – February 12, 1953) was an Ontario political figure. He represented Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal and Independent Liberal from 1923 to 1929 and Prescott as a Liberal from 1934 to 1948.
He was born in Sainte-Scholastique, Quebec in 1878, the son of Zotique Belanger, and studied at the Université Laval. Bélanger was a professor at the University of Ottawa, school inspector for Russell County, director of bilingual schools for the city of Ottawa and president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Ottawa. He married Alida, the daughter of Télesphore Rochon. Bélanger was one of the founders of the newspaper Le Droit in 1912.[1] He was defeated by Charles Avila Séguin for the Russell seat in 1929. He died at Ottawa in 1953.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fonds Le Droit (C71)" (in French). Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française, University of Ottawa.
Further reading
[edit]- Lucien Brault (1965). Histoire des Comtés Unis de Prescott et de Russell (in French). L'Orignal: Conseil Des Comtés Unis de Prescott et de Russell. OCLC 300143593.
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