Léonide-Nestor-Arthur Ricard
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Léonide-Nestor-Arthur Ricard was a politician in the
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, Canada. He served as
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Early life

He was born on July 24, 1882, in Saint-Barnabé-Nord,
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Provincial Politics

Ricard was elected as a
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candidate to the
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in a 1920
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, representing the district of Saint-Maurice. He succeeded
Georges-Isidore Delisle Georges-Isidore Delisle () was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly. Early life He was born on June 30, 1856, in Sherbrooke, Eastern Townships, Canada East. Provincial politics Delisle was elected as ...
who had recently died. He was re-elected in
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Death

He died in office on June 20, 1924, in
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References

1882 births 1924 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub