Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand

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Télesphore-Eusèbe Normand was a politician from Quebec, Canada.[1]

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[edit] Background

He was born on August 18, 1832 in Quebec City. He was a notary. He was married to Alphonsine Giroux in 1856 and to Marie Dufresne in 1893.

[edit] Mayor of Trois-Rivières

Normand served as a Councilmember from 1861 to 1865 and as a Mayor of Trois-Rivières from 1873 to 1876 and from 1889 to 1894.

[edit] Provincial Politics

He ran as a Liberal candidate in the district of Champlain in 1867 and 1871. Each time he lost. He also lost a 1876 by-election as a Conservative in the district of Trois-Rivières.

However he won the general election in the same district in 1890 and 1892. The 1892 was cancelled; he won the by-election that followed. He was re-elected in 1897, but did not run for re-election in 1900.

[edit] Death

Normand died on April 3, 1918.

[edit] Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Joseph-Napoléon Bureau
Mayor of Trois-Rivières
1873-1876
Succeeded by
Arthur Turcotte
Preceded by
J.-E. Hétu
Mayor of Trois-Rivières
1889-1894
Succeeded by
Philippe-Elisée Panneton
National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by
Arthur Turcotte, Parti National
MLA, District of Trois-Rivières
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Succeeded by
Richard-Stanislas Cooke, Liberal
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