Théodore Legault (July 26, 1886 – January 17, 1935) was an
Ontario
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merchant and political figure. He represented
Sturgeon Falls
West Nipissing is a municipality in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, on Lake Nipissing in the Nipissing District. It was formed on January 1, 1999, with the amalgamation of seventeen and a half former town, villages, townships and unorganized communi ...
in the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1929 as an
Independent-Liberal and then
Nipissing Nipissing may refer to the following places in Ontario, Canada:
* Lake Nipissing
* The Nipissing First Nation
** Nipissing 10, reserve of Nipissing First Nation
* Nipissing District, a census division
** West Nipissing, an incorporated municipalit ...
as a
Liberal
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** Liberalism by country
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member from 1934 until his death in 1935.
He was born in
Wendover
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,
Ontario
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, the son of Hormidas Legault. In 1912, he married Estelle Bourdon. He served as mayor of
Sturgeon Falls
West Nipissing is a municipality in Northeastern Ontario, Canada, on Lake Nipissing in the Nipissing District. It was formed on January 1, 1999, with the amalgamation of seventeen and a half former town, villages, townships and unorganized communi ...
in 1922 and was president of the local Board of Trade. Legault was also a member of the
Knights of Columbus
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References
* ''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1928'', AL Normandin
External links
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1886 births
1935 deaths
Canadian Roman Catholics
Franco-Ontarian people
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Mayors of places in Ontario
People from West Nipissing
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