Auguste Théophile Léger
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Auguste Théophile Léger (January 4, 1852 – October 28, 1923) was a Canadian politician from the province of New Brunswick.
Born in Cocagne, Kent County, New Brunswick, the son of Francois Auguste and Sophia Eleanore (Bertrand) Léger, Léger was educated in public schools in Cocagne. He was a farmer and later worked for the Intercolonial Railway on construction work at Nappan, Nova Scotia. He served apprenticeship to blacksmith trade with his brother and moved to St. Louis, New Brunswick where he worked as a blacksmith. He later worked in the lumber business.
In 1891, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick for the electoral district of Kent County. A New Brunswick Liberal, he was defeated in 1892. In 1893, he was appointed County Sheriff. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the electoral district of Kent in the 1917 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1921.
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- Prominent people of the Maritime Provinces (in business and professional life). Internet Archive (1922).
- Parliament of Canada biography
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