Élisée Thériault (January 11, 1884 – July 30, 1958) was a lawyer and political figure in

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. He represented L'Islet in the

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from 1916 to 1929 as a Liberal. He was born in

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, the son of Pierre Thériault and Marie-S. Saint-Pierre. Thériault was educated at the

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, the

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and the

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. He was called to the

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in 1913 and set up practice in

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. In 1914, he married Cécile Hamel. Thériault was named

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in 1924. He was a member of the municipal council for Quebec City from 1916 to 1918 and served as judicial counsel for the city of Quebec from 1918 to 1939. Thériault resigned his seat in the Quebec assembly after he was named to the

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for Kennebec division. He died in office in Quebec City at the age of 74 and was buried in the

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at Sainte-Foy.

References

* Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Quebec Liberal Party MLCs 1884 births 1958 deaths Université Laval alumni 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub