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Joseph-Hermas Leclerc

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Joseph-Hermas Leclerc
Joseph-Hermas Leclerc around 1940
Member of Parliament
for Shefford
In office
October 1935 – April 1945
Personal details
Born(1877-07-12)12 July 1877
Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec
Died4 October 1945(1945-10-04) (aged 68)
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Clara Messier
m. 20 Jan 1904[1]
Professionindustrialist

Joseph-Hermas Leclerc (12 July 1877 – 4 October 1945) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, Quebec in Drummond County and became an industrialist by career.

Leclerc served as an alderman of Granby, Quebec for 6 years, then was the community's mayor from 1933 to 1939.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Shefford riding in the 1935 general election and re-elected there in 1940. After his second term in the House of Commons, Leclerc did not seek further re-election in the 1945 federal election.

References

  1. ^ Normandin, A. L. (1941). The Canadian Parliamentary Guide.