Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand (August 18, 1832 – April 3, 1918) was a politician from Quebec, Canada.[1]
Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières | |
In office 1890–1900 | |
Preceded by | Arthur Turcotte |
Succeeded by | Richard-Stanislas Cooke |
Personal details | |
Born | Quebec City, Lower Canada | August 18, 1832
Died | April 3, 1918 Trois-Rivières, Quebec | (aged 85)
Political party | Liberal and Conservative |
Background
editHe was born on August 18, 1832, in Quebec City. He was a notary. He was married to Alphonsine Giroux in 1856 and to Marie Dufresne in 1893.
Mayor of Trois-Rivières
editNormand served as a Council member from 1861 to 1865 and as a Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1873 to 1876 and from 1889 to 1894.
Provincial Politics
editHe ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Champlain in 1867 and 1871. Each time he lost. He also lost an 1876 by-election as a Conservative in the district of Trois-Rivières.
However he won the general election in the same district in 1890 and 1892. The 1892 general election was cancelled, but he won the by-election that followed. He was re-elected in 1897, but did not run for re-election in 1900.
Death
editNormand died on April 3, 1918.
Footnotes
edit- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.