Onésiphore Turgeon

The Hon.
Onésiphore Turgeon
The Hon. Onésiphore Turgeon
Senator for Gloucester, New Brunswick
	In office; October 27, 1922 – November 18, 1944
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Gloucester
	In office; 1900–1922
Preceded by	Théotime Blanchard
Succeeded by	Jean George Robichaud
Personal details
Born	September 6, 1849; Lévis, Canada East
Died	November 18, 1944 (aged 95); Bathurst, New Brunswick
Political party	Liberal
Children	James Gray Turgeon; William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon

Onésiphore Turgeon (September 6, 1849 – November 18, 1944) was a Canadian parliamentarian.^[1]

Born in Lévis, Canada East, the son of Simon Turgeon and Pélagie Paradis, he was educated at the Séminaire of Quebec and the Université Laval. Turgeon was a journalist in Bathurst, New Brunswick and was editor for Le Courrier des Provinces Maritimes.^[2] He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the New Brunswick riding of Gloucester in the 1900 election. A Liberal, he would be re-elected in each following election up to and including the 1921 election. He was summoned to the Senate of Canada in 1922 representing the senatorial division of Gloucester, New Brunswick on the advice of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He served in Parliament (both the Commons and the Senate) for 44 years until his death^[1] in Bathurst at the age of 95 in 1944.^[2]

Turgeon was married twice: to Margaret Eulalia Baldwin in 1876 and to Mary Loretta Meahan in 1905.^[2]

His son James Gray Turgeon also served as Member of the House of Commons and the Canadian Senate for many years.^[1] His other son, William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, was a Saskatchewan politician and judge.^[3]

He was author of Un tribut à la race acadienne. Mémoires, 1871-1927, published in Montreal in 1928.^[1]

Electoral record

v t e 1921 Canadian federal election: Gloucester
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	7,671	72.97
	Conservative	Joseph Edward de Grace	2,842	27.03
Total valid votes			10,513	100.00

v t e 1917 Canadian federal election: Gloucester
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Opposition (Laurier Liberals)	Onésiphore Turgeon	acclaimed

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Gloucester
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	3,172	59.27	+4.06
	Conservative	Theobald M. Burns	2,180	40.73	-4.06
Total valid votes			5,352	100.00

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Gloucester
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2,581	55.21	-8.53
	Conservative	Theobald M. Burns	2,094	44.79	+8.53
Total valid votes			4,675	100.00

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Gloucester
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2,705	63.74	+3.78
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	1,539	36.26	+2.14
Total valid votes			4,244	100.00

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Gloucester
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Onésiphore Turgeon	2,311	59.96	+30.14
	Conservative	Théotime Blanchard	1,315	34.12	-16.81
	Independent	R. Carr Harris	228	5.92
Total valid votes			3,854	100.00

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Onésiphore Turgeon – Parliament of Canada biography
^ ^a ^b ^c Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
^ "William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon". The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan.