Louis Auguste Carrier | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Lévis | |
| In office 1905–1911 | |
| Preceded by | Louis Julien Demers |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Boutin Bourassa |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 24, 1858 Lévis, Canada East |
| Died | March 10, 1928 (aged 69) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Louis Auguste Carrier (May 24, 1858 – March 10, 1928) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Lévis, Canada East, the son of Antoine Carrier and Helen Sheppard, Carrier was educated at the college of Levis, the Quebec High School and the College of Poughkeepsie. In 1883, he was appointed a Director of the Quebec Central Railway. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral division of Lévis in a by-election held in 1905. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908. He did not run in 1911.
| By-election on 6 June 1905
Demers' death, 29 April 1905 | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Louis Auguste Carrier | acclaimed | |||
| 1908 Canadian federal election: Lévis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Liberal | Louis Auguste Carrier | 2,841 | ||||||
| Liberal | Joseph Boutin Bourassa | 1,691 | ||||||
References
- Louis Auguste Carrier – Parliament of Canada biography
- The Canadian Parliament; biographical sketches and photo-engravures of the senators and members of the House of Commons of Canada. Being the tenth Parliament, elected November 3, 1904
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