Zénon Lesage was a politician

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and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).

Early life

He was born on December 18, 1885, in Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, and became a physician.

City Councillor

Lesage won a seat to the City Council of Montreal in 1930 against

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, who also was a

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member of the

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. Lesage was re-elected in 1932, 1934 against Poulin, 1936, 1938, 1940 and 1942. He did not run for re-election in 1944.

Member of the legislature

He ran as an

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candidate in the district of Montréal-Laurier in the 1935 provincial election and defeated Poulin. Lesage joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale, but was defeated in

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and

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Death

He died on February 4, 1956.

Footnotes

1885 births 1956 deaths Action libérale nationale MNAs Montreal city councillors People from Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub