Louis LeBourdais

Louis LeBourdais (1888[1] – September 27, 1947[2]) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent[3] and political figure in British Columbia. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1948 as a Liberal.

He was the son of Adelbert LeBourdais and Eleanor Connick, and was educated in Clinton and New Westminster. In 1912, LeBourdais married Kate Elizabeth Pugh. He lived in Quesnel.[3] LeBourdais had mining interests in the Barkerville area. He was also an amateur historian.[1] From 1941 to 1948, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947.[2]

LeBourdais Park in Quesnel was named after him.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Louis LeBourdais fonds". British Columbia Archival Information Network. http://memorybc.ca/louis-lebourdais-fonds;rad. Retrieved 2011-11-17. 
  2. ^ a b "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986". Elections BC. http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-27. 
  3. ^ a b Normandin, A L (1940). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1940. 
  4. ^ "Lebourdais Park". City of Quesnel. http://www.quesnel.ca/Lebourdais-Park.html. Retrieved 2011-11-17.