Aurèle Lacombe

Aurèle Lacombe
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Dorion
In office
1919–1923
Preceded byGeorges Mayrand
Succeeded byErnest Tétreau
Personal details
Born(1887-01-28)January 28, 1887
Sainte-Scholastique (Mirabel), Quebec
DiedMarch 6, 1963(1963-03-06) (aged 76)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyLabour

Aurèle Lacombe (January 28, 1887 – March 6, 1963) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]

Early life

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He was born on January 28, 1887, in Sainte-Scholastique, Laurentides (now part of Mirabel, Quebec). He was a union activist.

Political career

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He ran as a Labour candidate in the district of Montréal-Dorion in the 1919 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Georges Mayrand. Lacombe kept the Labor label, but was appointed Minister without Portfolio in Alexandre Taschereau's Cabinet on September 27, 1921.

He finished second in the 1923 election and was defeated by Independent Liberal candidate Ernest Tétreau.

References

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  1. ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.