Aurélien Bélanger (March 18, 1878 – February 12, 1953) was an

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political figure. He represented Russell in the

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as a Liberal and Independent Liberal from 1923 to 1929 and

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as a Liberal from 1934 to 1948. He was born in

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in 1878, the son of Zotique Belanger, and studied at the

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. Bélanger was a professor at the

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, school inspector for Russell County, director of bilingual schools for the city of

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and president of the

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of Ottawa. He married Alida, the daughter of Télesphore Rochon. Bélanger was one of the founders of the newspaper

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in 1912. He was defeated by Charles Avila Séguin for the Russell seat in 1929. He died at Ottawa in 1953.

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* 1878 births 1953 deaths Franco-Ontarian people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Université Laval alumni School inspectors 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub

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