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'''Louis Adelbert LeBourdais''' (June 26, 1888<ref name="bcain"/> – September 27, 1947<ref name="elections"/>) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent<ref name="normandin"/> and political figure in [[British Columbia]]. He represented [[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] from 1937 to 1948 as a [[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]. |
'''Louis Adelbert LeBourdais''' (June 26, 1888<ref name="bcain"/> – September 27, 1947<ref name="elections"/>) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent<ref name="normandin"/> and political figure in [[British Columbia]], Canada. He represented [[Cariboo (provincial electoral district)|Cariboo]] in the [[Legislative Assembly of British Columbia]] from 1937 to 1948 as a [[British Columbia Liberal Party|Liberal]]. |
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He was the son of Adelbert LeBourdais and Eleanor Connick, and was educated in [[Clinton, British Columbia|Clinton]] and [[New Westminster, British Columbia|New Westminster]]. LeBourdais married Kate-Elizabeth Pughe on April 17, 1912 at Larkin, British Columbia (halfway between Vernon and Armstrong). He lived in [[Quesnel, British Columbia|Quesnel]].<ref name="normandin">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1940 |year=1940 |last=Normandin |first=A L}}</ref> LeBourdais had mining interests in the [[Barkerville, British Columbia|Barkerville]] area. He was also an amateur historian.<ref name="bcain">{{cite web |url=http://memorybc.ca/louis-lebourdais-fonds;rad |title=Louis LeBourdais fonds |publisher=British Columbia Archival Information Network |accessdate=2011-11-17}}</ref> From 1941 to 1948, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947.<ref name="elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2011-07-27}}</ref> |
He was the son of Adelbert LeBourdais and Eleanor Connick, and was educated in [[Clinton, British Columbia|Clinton]] and [[New Westminster, British Columbia|New Westminster]]. LeBourdais married Kate-Elizabeth Pughe on April 17, 1912 at Larkin, British Columbia (halfway between Vernon and Armstrong). He lived in [[Quesnel, British Columbia|Quesnel]].<ref name="normandin">{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1940 |year=1940 |last=Normandin |first=A L}}</ref> LeBourdais had mining interests in the [[Barkerville, British Columbia|Barkerville]] area. He was also an amateur historian.<ref name="bcain">{{cite web |url=http://memorybc.ca/louis-lebourdais-fonds;rad |title=Louis LeBourdais fonds |publisher=British Columbia Archival Information Network |accessdate=2011-11-17}}</ref> From 1941 to 1948, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947.<ref name="elections">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1871-1986_ElectoralHistoryofBC.pdf |title=Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986 |publisher=Elections BC |accessdate=2011-07-27}}</ref> |
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Louis Adelbert LeBourdais (June 26, 1888[1] – September 27, 1947[2]) was a telegraph operator, life insurance agent[3] and political figure in British Columbia, Canada. He represented Cariboo in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1937 to 1948 as a Liberal.
He was the son of Adelbert LeBourdais and Eleanor Connick, and was educated in Clinton and New Westminster. LeBourdais married Kate-Elizabeth Pughe on April 17, 1912 at Larkin, British Columbia (halfway between Vernon and Armstrong). He lived in Quesnel.[3] LeBourdais had mining interests in the Barkerville area. He was also an amateur historian.[1] From 1941 to 1948, he was a member of a Liberal-Conservative coalition in the provincial assembly. LeBourdais died in office in 1947.[2]
LeBourdais Park in Quesnel was named after him.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Louis LeBourdais fonds". British Columbia Archival Information Network. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
- ^ a b "Electoral History of British Columbia, 1871-1986" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ a b Normandin, A L (1940). Canadian Parliamentary Guide 1940.
- ^ "Lebourdais Park". City of Quesnel. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
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