Nil-Élie Larivière (July 11, 1899 – May 3, 1969) was a politician

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and a Member of the

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(MLA).

Early life

He was born on July 11, 1899, in Bonfield,

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, and became a farmer. Larivière moved to

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in 1925.

City politics

He served as a city councillor in Rouyn in 1926.

Member of the legislature

Larivière ran as an

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candidate in the district of Témiscamingue in the 1935 provincial election and won against incumbent Joseph-Édouard Piché. He joined

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's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. Larivière was defeated by Liberal candidate Paul-Oliva Goulet in the 1939 election. He was re-elected in the

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and

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. Larivière lost his bid for re-election in the 1952 election and was succeeded again by Goulet.

Death

He died on May 3, 1969.

References

1899 births 1969 deaths Action libérale nationale MNAs Union Nationale (Quebec) MNAs Franco-Ontarian people People from Nipissing District People from Rouyn-Noranda Quebec municipal councillors 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Union-Nationale-Quebec-MNA-stub