Louis-Mathias Auger
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Louis-Mathias Auger | |
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| Mayor of Hawkesbury, Ontario | |
| In office 1936–1936 | |
| Member of Parliament for Prescott | |
| In office September 14, 1926 – 1929 | |
| Preceded by | Gustave Évanturel |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
Louis-Mathias Auger (April 3, 1902 – March 6, 1966) was an Ontario teacher and political figure. He represented Prescott in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1926 to 1929.
He was born in Contrecoeur, Quebec in 1902, the son of Louis Auger, and moved to Hawkesbury, Ontario with his family in 1912. Auger had studied at the University of Ottawa and went on to teach there. He defeated Gustave Évanturel to win a seat in the House of Commons in 1926. During his term in office, he was articling with a lawyer in L'Original and studying law part-time at Osgoode Hall. He resigned his seat in 1929 after being accused of raping a young woman from his constituency who had come to see him in the House of Commons about possible employment in the public service. Auger, whose lawyer was Gordon Smith Henderson, was finally acquitted of the charge of rape but found guilty of seduction and was sentenced to two years in Kingston Penitentiary, the maximum penalty for that crime, after five trials and two appeals over sixteen months.[1][2]
He ran unsuccessfully as an independent Liberal in 1935. Auger served as mayor of Hawkesbury in 1936.
In 2006, Marguerite Andersen published a novel Doucement le bonheur (Gently happiness) (ISBN 2894232063) based on the events surrounding the trial.[3]
| 1926 Canadian federal election: Prescott | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Independent Liberal | Louis-Mathias Auger | 3,846 | ||||||
| Liberal | Gustave Évanturel | 3,134 | ||||||
| Conservative | Hiram Horton Kirby | 2,504 | ||||||
| Independent | Raoul Labrosse | 635 | ||||||
References
- ^ Backhouse, Constance (1981). ""Calculated to Reflect on the Dignity of Parliament": Rape in the House of Commons, Ottawa 1929". In David H. Flaherty (ed.). Essays in the History of Canadian Law: Volume X - A Tribute to Peter Oliver. University of Toronto Press, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. pp. 33–. ISBN 0-8020-9911-4.
- ^ Jean Yves Pelletier (15 June 2015). "Auger, Louis Mathias". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
- ^ Andersen, Marguerite (2006). Doucement le bonheur (Gently happiness). Sudbury, ON: Prise de parole. ISBN 978-2-8942-3206-4 – via Renaud-Bray.
- Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, L. Brault (1963)
External links
- Louis-Mathias Auger – Parliament of Canada biography
- Calculated to Reflect on the Dignity of Parliament, C Backhouse
- Lieux et monuments historiques du Nord de Montréal, R. Fournier (1978)
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