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Alexandre Thurber

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Alexandre Thurber
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Chambly
In office
1935–1936
Preceded byHortensius Béïque
Succeeded byHortensius Béïque
In office
1923–1931
Preceded byEugène Merrill Lesieur Desaulniers
Succeeded byHortensius Béïque
20th Mayor of Longueuil
In office
1933–1935
Preceded byL. J. Émilien Brais
Succeeded byPaul Pratt
In office
1915–1925
Preceded byHenri St-Mars
Succeeded byL. J. Émilien Brais
Personal details
Born(1871-04-02)2 April 1871
Montreal, Quebec
Died19 April 1958(1958-04-19) (aged 87)
Montreal, Quebec
Political partyLiberal
SpouseRose-Anne Larocque
Alma materCollège de Longueuil

Alexandre Thurber (April 2, 1871 – April 19, 1958) was an industrialist and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chambly in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1923 to 1931 and from 1935 to 1936 as a Liberal.

He was born in Montreal, the son of Alexandre Thurber and Émiline Davignon who was the daughter of Pierre Davignon. Thurber was educated at the Collège de Longueuil. He worked as a clerk for fifteen years and then became an iron manufacturer at Longueuil. In 1894, he married Rose-Anne Larocque. Thurber served as mayor of Longueuil from 1915 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1935.

He was first elected in the 1923 Quebec general election and re-elected in 1927, but did not run for reelection to the assembly 1931. He was elected again in 1935, but defeated by Hortensius Béïque in 1936.

Thurber died in Montreal at the age of 87.

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  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

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