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Télesphore Simard (Témiscamingue politician)

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Télesphore Simard
Member of Quebec Assembly for Témiscamingue
In office
1916–1924
Personal details
Born19 December 1863
Saint-Joachim, Canada East
Died1 October 1924(1924-10-01) (aged 60)
Ville-Marie, Quebec, Canada
SpouseAngélina Morissette (m. 20 May 1889)

Télesphore Simard (19 December 1863 – 1 October 1924) was a Canadian politician, the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscamingue riding from 1916 until his death in office in 1924.[1]

Educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval, Simard went on to work as a surveyor for the Government of Quebec.[1]

Simard Lake in northwestern Quebec was named in his honour.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  2. ^ Source: "Noms et lieux du Québec" (Names and places in Quebec), a work of "Commission de toponymie du Québec" (Toponymic Board of Quebec), published in 1994 and 1996 as of an illustrated dictionary, and on CD-ROM produced by Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this printed dictionary.