Théodore Legault (July 26, 1886 – January 17, 1935) was an

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merchant and political figure. He represented

Sturgeon Falls West Nipissing is a municipality in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, on Lake Nipissing in the Nipissing District. It was formed on January 1, 1999, with the amalgamation of seventeen and a half former town, villages, townships and unorganized communi ...

in the

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from 1926 to 1929 as an Independent-Liberal and then Nipissing as a

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member from 1934 until his death in 1935. He was born in

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, the son of Hormidas Legault. In 1912, he married Estelle Bourdon. He served as mayor of

in 1922 and was president of the local Board of Trade. Legault was also a member of the

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References

* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1928'', AL Normandin

External links

* 1886 births 1935 deaths Canadian Roman Catholics Franco-Ontarian people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Mayors of places in Ontario People from West Nipissing {{Ontario-mayor-stub