Joseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just

Politician

1880 – 1939

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Who was Joseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just?

Joseph-Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-David-de-Lévis, Quebec and became a jeweller and an alderman and mayor of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec.

Letellier de Saint-Just attended Saint Jean Baptiste Academy at Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. Beginning in 1901, he was an official time inspector for the Quebec Central Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. He served as alderman and mayor of Lac Mégantic for nine years and was a director of the Board of Trade in that community.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Compton riding in the 1925 general election then re-elected in 1926. He was defeated by Samuel Gobeil of the Conservatives in the 1930 federal election.

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Born
Feb 25, 1880
Lévis
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Died
Jul 7, 1939

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on July 23, 2013

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