Télesphore Simard (19 December 1863 – 1 October 1924) was a

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politician, the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscamingue riding from 1916 until his death in office in 1924. Educated at the

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and the

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, Simard went on to work as a surveyor for the Government of Quebec. Simard Lake in northwestern Quebec was named in his honour.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.

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Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 1863 births 1924 deaths {{Quebec-MNA-stub