Louis LeBourdais
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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