Henry Lemaître Auger (1873–1948) was a

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politician and a two-term Member of the

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Early life

He was born in

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on May 2, 1873, to Honoré Lemaître Auger and Marie-Élisabeth Héroux. The family immigrated to

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in 1878. He married Marie-Éva Héroux in

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in 1906.

City Councillor

He ran for a seat on the city council of

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in 1930 and won against incumbent Damase Généreux. He represented the district of Saint-Jacques. He was re-elected in 1932 and 1934. He resigned in 1936 to enter provincial politics.

Member of the Legislature

Auger ran as a

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candidate in the provincial district of

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in the 1935 election and won. He joined

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's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was appointed to the

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and served as Minister of Colonization until he was defeated by the Liberal candidate Joseph-Roméo Toupin in the 1939 election.

Death

He died on June 10, 1948, in

. He was buried in

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on June 14.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Auger, Henry Lemaitre 1873 births 1948 deaths Montreal city councillors Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery American emigrants to Canada 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec