Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers

Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers
Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Saint-Maurice
In office 1854–1863
Preceded by	Joseph-Édouard Turcotte
Succeeded by	Charles Gérin-Lajoie
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Maurice
In office 1867–1868
Preceded by	District established in 1867
Succeeded by	Élie Lacerte
In office 1878–1887
Preceded by	Charles Gérin-Lajoie
Succeeded by	François-Sévère Lesieur Desaulniers
Personal details
Born	(1823-02-20)February 20, 1823 Yamachiche, Lower Canada
Died	October 31, 1896(1896-10-31) (aged 73) Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Conservative

Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers (February 20, 1823 – October 31, 1896) was a Quebec physician and political figure. He represented Saint-Maurice in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1867 to 1868 and from 1879 to 1887.

He was born in Yamachiche, Lower Canada in 1823, the son of François Lesieur Desaulniers, who represented Saint-Maurice in the legislative assemblies for Lower Canada and the Province of Canada. He studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet, then went on to study medicine, first at Trois-Rivières and then at Harvard University, graduating in 1846. He returned to practice in Yamachiche. He was elected to represent Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Canada in 1854, 1858 and 1861 as a member of the parti bleu, then was defeated in 1863. He was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament in 1867 but resigned in 1868 to become inspector for prisons and asylums in Quebec, later serving as president of that agency. Desaulniers also was an officer in the local militia. He died in Montreal in 1896.

His son Eugène Merrill was later a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.

References

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec. 
• Louis-Léon Lesieur Désaulniers – Parliament of Canada biography