Télesphore Simard (19 December 1863 – 1 October 1924) was a Canadian politician, the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscamingue riding from 1916 until his death in office in 1924.[1]
Télesphore Simard | |
|---|---|
| Member of Quebec Assembly for Témiscamingue | |
| In office 1916–1924 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1863 Saint-Joachim, Canada East |
| Died | 1 October 1924 (aged 60) Ville-Marie, Quebec, Canada |
| Spouse | Angélina Morissette (m. 20 May 1889) |
Educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval, Simard went on to work as a surveyor for the Government of Quebec.[1]
Simard Lake in northwestern Quebec was named in his honour.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ Source: "Noms et lieux du Québec" (Names and places in Quebec), a work of "Commission de toponymie du Québec" (Toponymic Board of Quebec), published in 1994 and 1996 as of an illustrated dictionary, and on CD-ROM produced by Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this printed dictionary.
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