Louis Philippe Demers (September 16, 1863 – November 3, 1951) was a

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lawyer, professor, and politician. Born in St-Georges d'Henryville, Canada East, the son of

Alexis-Louis Demers Alexis-Louis Demers (July 23, 1825 – October 22, 1886) was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Iberville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1886 as a Liberal. He was born in Saint-Jean-Chryso ...

, a Quebec politician, and Marie Goyette, Demers was educated at the College of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec and Laval University, Montreal. A lawyer, he was the head of the firm of Demer and DeLorimier in Montreal. He was a Professor of Commercial Law at Laval University, Montreal. He was first elected to the

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for the electoral district of

St. Johns—Iberville St. Johns—Iberville was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1935. This riding was created in 1892 from Iberville and St. John's ridings. It consisted of the tow ...

in the general elections of 1900. A

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, he was re-elected in

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. He resigned in 1906 when he was appointed Puisne Judge, Superior Court. His brother, Marie Joseph Demers, was elected to replace him.

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