Élie Lacerte (November 21, 1821 – April 24, 1898) was a physician and political figure in

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, Canada. He represented

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in the

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as a

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member from 1868 to 1874 and in the

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from 1875 to 1878. He was born in Saint-Sévère in 1821. He studied at the college at Nicolet and at

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. In 1847, he was licensed to practice medicine and entered practice at Yamachiche. Lacerte was also postmaster there. He was elected to the House of Commons in an 1868 by-election after Louis Léon Lesieur Desaulniers resigned his seat. He was defeated in Saint Maurice during the federal general election of 1874, then elected to the provincial assembly in 1875 in the

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of the same name. He served as land agent for Saint Maurice from 1887 to 1898. He died in Yamachiche in 1898.

Electoral record

References

* * 1821 births 1898 deaths Harvard University alumni Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec {{Conservative18671942-Quebec-MP-stub