Dowina-Évariste Joyal

D.-Évariste Joyal, likely named Dowina-Évariste Joyal (May 30, 1892 – January 18, 1956) was a Canadian provincial politician. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chambly from 1939 to 1948.[1]

Dowina-Évariste Joyal
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chambly
In office
1939–1948
Preceded byHortensius Béïque
Succeeded byJohn Redmond Roche
Personal details
Born(1892-05-30)May 30, 1892
Drummondville, Quebec
DiedJanuary 18, 1956(1956-01-18) (aged 63)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyLiberal

Born in Drummondville, Quebec, he was the son of Émile Joyal, farmer, and Philomène Caron. On June 12, 1916 he married Marie Rose-Hectorine Desmarais, daughter of Hector Desmarais and Arsélia Angers. He was manager of the Bank of Montreal branch in Saint-Ours, Quebec and manager of South Shore Homes and Land Ltd. in MacKayville (Saint-Hubert) for 25 years. He was on the municipal board of the parish of Saint-Antoine de Longueuil from 1923 to 1930.

Joyal won his seat in the 1939 for the Quebec Liberal Party, and was re-elected in 1944, but defeated in 1948.

He died in Montreal aged 63 years 8 months, and is buried in the cemetery of Saint Lambert

Name

The first part of his first name is given in various sources as either Dowina[1] or Dorvina.[2] Another source[3] says that even Dorina, Donina et Domina were sometimes seen, and that his election posters merely said D.-E. Joyal. The version given by the National Assembly website[1] is Dowina, which represents a correction by them from Dorvina in earlier versions of their website and in an earlier printed-book version,[2] so perhaps this is the most reliable.

References
  1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  2. Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec, 1792-1992 (in French). Sainte-Foy: Université Laval. 1993. p. 391. ISBN 2-7637-7304-4. Retrieved February 22, 2012.)
  3. Michel Pratt (2011). "Joyal, D.-Évariste (1892-1956)". Dictionnaire historique de Longueuil (in French). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
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