Louis L%C3%A9on Lesieur Desaulniers

LouisLon Lesieur Dsaulniers was a Quebec physician and political figure. He represented SaintMaurice in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1868 and from 1879 to 1887.

He was born in Yamachiche, Lower Canada in 1823, the son of Franois Lesieur Desaulniers, who represented SaintMaurice in the legislative assemblies for Lower Canada and the Province of Canada. He studied at the Sminaire de Nicolet, then went on to study medicine, first at TroisRivires and then at Harvard University, graduating in 1846. He returned to practice in Yamachiche. He was elected to represent SaintMaurice in the Legislative Assembly of Canada in 1854, 1858 and 1861 as a member of the parti bleu, then was defeated in 1863. He was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament in 1867 but resigned in 1868 to become inspector for prisons and asylums in Quebec, later serving as president of that agency. Desaulniers also was an officer in the local militia. He died in Montreal in 1896.

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