Henri-Edgar Lavigueur (16 February 1867 – 29 October 1943) was a

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member of the House of Commons of Canada and served as alderman and Mayor of

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where he was born. His grandmother, Marguerite, was the daughter of General Sir Howard Douglas, 3rd Bt,

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. Lavigueur was a merchant by career, a co-founder of the Lavigueur and Hutchison company which sold sewing machines and musical instruments. In 1906, Lavigueur was elected an

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for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste ward, in Quebec City. In 1916, he became the city's Mayor and remained in that position until 1920. Lavigueur entered national politics in 1917 federal election with his election to Parliament at the Quebec County riding as a

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. He was re-elected there in the 1921 election with his party membership becoming the traditional

designation. In the

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and

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elections, he was re-elected at the Québec—Montmorency riding. Having left federal politics at the end of his term in the

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, Lavigueur already returned for further terms as Quebec City's mayor. He remained mayor until 1934, during which he chaired the centennial of the city's 1833 constitution.

Electoral record

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1867 births 1943 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Mayors of Quebec City {{Quebec-mayor-stub