Aurèle Lacombe (January 28, 1887 – March 6, 1963) was a politician

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

Early life

He was born on January 28, 1887, in Sainte-Scholastique,

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(now part of

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). He was a union activist.

Political career

He ran as a Labour candidate in the district of

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in the 1919 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent

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. Lacombe kept the Labor label, but was appointed

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on September 27, 1921. He finished second in the 1923 election and was defeated by

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candidate Ernest Tétreau.

References

1887 births 1963 deaths Labour Party (Quebec) MNAs People from Mirabel, Quebec 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub