Armand Sylvestre (October 16, 1910 – November 4, 1980) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. He represented Berthier in the

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from 1944 to 1948 as a

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. Born in

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, the son of Camille Sylvestre and Marie-Louise Paquette, Sylvestre was educated in Saint-Cuthbert, at the Séminaire de Joliette, the Collège de Berthierville and the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1937 and set up practice in Berthierville. Sylvestre was solicitor for the Liquor Commission in Joliette district from 1939 to 1944 and managing director of the ''Courrier de Berthier'' from 1945 to 1948. In 1941, he married Mariette Daviault. He was elected in the

1944 Quebec general election The 1944 Quebec general election was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The '' Union Nationale'', led by former premier Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Libera ...

, but was defeated when he ran for reelection in

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, and again in

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

. Sylvestre was judge in the Court of Sessions of the Peace at

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from 1962 to 1972. He died at Saint-Thomas at the age of 70.

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1910 births 1980 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Judges in Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub