Elphège Marier

Who is Elphège Marier?

Elphège Marier was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Drummondville, Quebec and became a lawyer by career.

Marier was educated at Drummondville, at Nicolet Seminary then at the University of Montreal where he received his Bachelor of Arts and Doctor of Laws degrees. From 1918 to 1938 he served as recorder for Pointe-Claire, Quebec and participated in that community's school commission from 1931 to 1938.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Jacques Cartier riding in a by-election on 18 December 1939. Marier was re-elected there in 1940, 1945 and 1949. On 24 August 1949, Marier was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec and resigned from the House of Commons.