Gustave Évanturel

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 the Canadian Parliament
for Prescott
In office
1925–1926
Preceded byJoseph Binette
Succeeded byLouis-Mathias Auger
Ontario MPP
In office
1911–1923
Preceded byGeorges Pharand
Succeeded byEdmond Proulx
ConstituencyPrescott
Personal details
Born(1879-03-19)March 19, 1879
DiedFebruary 9, 1934(1934-02-09) (aged 54)
Notary
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)
Marie Emilia Chevrier
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(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]

References
  1. Gustave Évanturel – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ..., HW Charlesworth (1919)


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