Gustave Évanturel (March 19, 1879 – February 9, 1934) was an

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notary and political figure. He represented Prescott in the

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from 1911 to 1923 as a Liberal and Independent Liberal and in the

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as a Liberal member in 1925. He was born in

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in 1879, the son of François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel and Louisa Lee, and educated at the

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and the

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. In 1910, he married Marie Emilia Chevrier. He was a

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based in

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and president of a mutual life assurance company, L'Alliance Nationale. He also was employed in the Privy Council Department. Évanturel was a strong supporter of

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schools in the province. He was elected to the House of Commons in 1925, but was unsuccessful in attempts at reelection in 1926 and 1929. He died in Alfred at the age of 54. , - , Liberal , Élie-Oscar Bertrand , align="right", 5,152 ,

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, Gustave Gustave Évanturel , align="right", 3,562

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* 1879 births 1934 deaths Franco-Ontarian people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Ontario Liberal Party MPPs 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub