Gustave Évanturel (March 19, 1879 – February 9, 1934) was an Ontario notary and political figure. He represented Prescott in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1923 as a Liberal and Independent Liberal and in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member in 1925.[1]
Gustave Évanturel | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Prescott | |
| In office 1925–1926 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Binette |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Mathias Auger |
| Ontario MPP | |
| In office 1911–1923 | |
| Preceded by | Georges Pharand |
| Succeeded by | Edmond Proulx |
| Constituency | Prescott |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 19, 1879 |
| Died | February 9, 1934 (aged 54) Notary |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse |
Marie Emilia Chevrier
(m. 1910) |
He was born in Ottawa in 1879,[1] the son of François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel and Louisa Lee,[2] and educated at the Collège Bourget in Rigaud, Quebec and the Université Laval. In 1910, he married Marie Emilia Chevrier.[3] He was a notary public based in Alfred[2] and president of a mutual life assurance company, L'Alliance Nationale. He also was employed in the Privy Council Department. Évanturel was a strong supporter of bilingual schools in the province.[3] He was elected to the House of Commons in 1925, but was unsuccessful in attempts at reelection in 1926 and 1929.[1] He died in Alfred at the age of 54.[2]
| 1925 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Gustave Évanturel | 4,198 | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Joseph-Napoléon Coupal | 2,519 | ||||||
| Conservative | Hiram Horton Kirby | 2,387 | ||||||
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Louis-Mathias Auger | 3,846 | ||||||
| Liberal | Gustave Évanturel | 3,134 | ||||||
| Conservative | Hiram Horton Kirby | 2,504 | ||||||
| Independent | Raoul Labrosse | 635 | ||||||
| By-election: On Mr. Auger's resignation, 29 August 1929: Prescott | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||
| Liberal | Élie-Oscar Bertrand | 5,152 | ||||
| Independent Liberal | Gustave Gustave Évanturel | 3,562 | ||||
References
edit- ^ a b c Gustave Évanturel – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ a b c Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
- ^ a b "A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ..., HW Charlesworth (1919)". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 12 February 2007.
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