Gustave Évanturel

Gustave Évanturel (March 19, 1879 February 9, 1934) was an Ontario notary and political figure. He represented Prescott in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1911 to 1923 as a Liberal and Independent Liberal and in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member in 1925.[1]

Gustave Évanturel
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Prescott
In office
1925–1926
Preceded byJoseph Binette
Succeeded byLouis-Mathias Auger
Ontario MPP
In office
1911–1923
Preceded byGeorges Pharand
Succeeded byEdmond Proulx
ConstituencyPrescott
Personal details
Born(1879-03-19)March 19, 1879
DiedFebruary 9, 1934(1934-02-09) (aged 54)
Notary
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)
Marie Emilia Chevrier
(
m. 1910)

He was born in Ottawa in 1879,[1] the son of François-Eugène-Alfred Évanturel and Louisa Lee,[2] and educated at the Collège Bourget in Rigaud, Quebec and the Université Laval. In 1910, he married Marie Emilia Chevrier.[3] He was a notary public based in Alfred[2] and president of a mutual life assurance company, L'Alliance Nationale. He also was employed in the Privy Council Department. Évanturel was a strong supporter of bilingual schools in the province.[3] He was elected to the House of Commons in 1925, but was unsuccessful in attempts at reelection in 1926 and 1929.[1] He died in Alfred at the age of 54.[2]

References

  1. Gustave Évanturel – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons ..., HW Charlesworth (1919)


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