Joseph-Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just

Joseph-Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just
Member of Parliament
for Compton
In office
October 1925  May 1930
Preceded by Aylmer Byron Hunt
Succeeded by Samuel Gobeil
Personal details
Born Joseph-Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just
(1880-02-25)25 February 1880
Saint-David-de-Lévis, Quebec
Died 7 July 1939(1939-07-07) (aged 59)
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Alexina Moussette
m. 26 August 1901[1]
Profession jeweller

Joseph-Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just (25 February 1880 7 July 1939) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-David-de-Lévis, Quebec and became a jeweller and an alderman and mayor of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

Letellier de Saint-Just attended Saint Jean Baptiste Academy at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. Beginning in 1901, he was an official time inspector for the Quebec Central Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. He served as alderman and mayor of Lac Mégantic for nine years and was a director of the Board of Trade in that community.[1]

He was first elected to Parliament at the Compton riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected in 1926. He was defeated by Samuel Gobeil of the Conservatives in the 1930 federal election.

References

  1. 1 2 Normandin, A.L. (1929). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa: Mortimer Company.


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