Victor Allard (February 1, 1860 – June 3, 1931) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in

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. He represented Berthier in the

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from 1892 to 1897 as a

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. He was born in Saint-Cuthbert,

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, the son of Prospère Allard and Geneviève Aurez Laférière, and was educated at the Collège de l'Assomption and the

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. He articled with Joseph-Aldric Ouimet, was called to the Quebec bar in 1884 and set up practice in

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. In 1885, he married Blanche Dorval. Allard was mayor of Berthier from 1899 to 1903 and from 1912 to 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1890, losing to Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert. He defeated Chênevert in 1892 and then was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1897. Allard was an unsuccessful candidate again in a 1904 by-election. He was also defeated when he ran for a federal seat for Berthier in 1891 and 1908. In 1916, he was named to the

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for Montreal district; he was named to the

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at Montreal in 1920. Allard died in Montreal at the age of 71.

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