Zénon Lesage was a politician

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

Early life

He was born on December 18, 1885, in

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, and became a physician.

City Councillor

Lesage won a seat to the City Council of Montreal in 1930 against Ernest Poulin, who also was a Liberal member of the provincial legislature. Lesage was re-elected in 1932, 1934 against Poulin, 1936, 1938, 1940 and 1942. He did not run for re-election in 1944.

Member of the legislature

He ran as an

Action libérale nationale The Action libérale nationale (; ALN; ) was a short-lived provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. It was founded during the Great Depression and led by Paul Gouin. The ALN played an important role in the foundation of the Union National ...

candidate in the district of

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in the 1935 provincial election and defeated Poulin. Lesage joined

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's Union Nationale, but was defeated in

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and

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Death

He died on February 4, 1956.

Footnotes

1885 births 1956 deaths Action libérale nationale MNAs Montreal city councillors People from Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub