Paul-Arthur Séguin (October 2, 1875 – November 24, 1946) was a

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and political figure in

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

. He represented

L'Assomption L'Assomption () is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, Canada on the L'Assomption River. It is the seat of the Regional County Municipality of L'Assomption. It is located on the outer fringes of the Montreal urban area. ...

and then

L'Assomption—Montcalm L'Assomption—Montcalm () was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1935. This riding was created in 1914 from parts of L'Assomption ( ...

in the

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from 1908 to 1935 as a Liberal. He was born in

Charlemagne, Quebec Charlemagne () is a city in the Canadian province of Québec on the north shore of the Rivière des Prairies, northeast of the city of Montréal’s downtown core. As of 2021, the population was 6,302. Charlemagne is the birthplace and child ...

, the son of Felix Séguin and Vitaline Noiseux, and was educated at the Collège de L'Assomption and the

Université Laval (; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...

. In 1899, he married Marie Anna Rivest. Séguin was secretary-treasurer for Terrebonne from 1900 to 1907 and was also mayor of

.Charlesworth, H
''A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ...'' (1919)
p. 92

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1875 births 1946 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Mayors of L'Assomption People from Charlemagne, Quebec 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec Université Laval alumni {{Quebec-mayor-stub