Louis-Georges Desjardins

Louis-Georges Desjardins
Member of the Canadian Parliament for L'Islet
In office 1891–1892
Preceded by	Philippe Baby Casgrain
Succeeded by	Joseph Israël Tarte
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montmorency
In office 1890–1891
Preceded by	Charles Langelier
Succeeded by	Joseph Israël Tarte
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montmorency
In office 1881–1890
Preceded by	Charles Langelier
Succeeded by	Charles Langelier
Personal details
Born	(1849-05-12)May 12, 1849 Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East
Died	June 8, 1928(1928-06-08) (aged 79) Montreal, Quebec
Resting place	Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	Conservative Party of Quebec

Louis-Georges Desjardins (May 12, 1849 – June 8, 1928) was a Canadian journalist and politician.

Born in Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Canada East, the son of François Roy dit Desjardins and Clarisse Miville dit Deschênes, Desjardins was educated at the Collège de Lévis and at the Military College. A journalist, he was the editor-in-chief of newspaper Le Canadien from 1875 to 1880.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Montmorency in the 1881 election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1886 and was defeated in 1890. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Montmorency in an 1890 by-election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1891 election for the electoral district of L'Islet. He resigned in 1892 when he was appointed Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, a position which he held until 1912.

He was also a Lieutenant-Colonel of the 17th Levis Battalion, Volunteer Militia.

After his death in 1928, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]

Bibliography

• Précis historique du 17e bataillon d'infanterie de Lévis depuis sa formation en 1862 jusqu'à 1872, suivi des ordres permanents du même corps (1872)
• M. Laurier devant l'histoire : les erreurs de son discours et les véritables principes du Parti conservateur (1877)
• De l'idée conservatrice dans l'ordre politique (1879)
• Considérations sur l'annexion (1891)
• A True and Sound Policy of Equal Rights for All. Open Letters to Dalton McCarthy (1893)
• Decisions of the Speakers of the House of Commons of Canada, 1867-1900 (1901)
• Décisions des orateurs de l'Assemblée législative de la province de Québec 1867-1901 (1902)
• l'Angleterre, le Canada et la Grande Guerre (1917)
• l'Harmonie dans l'union (1919)

References

1. Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.

• Louis-Georges Desjardins – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

External links

• Works by Louis-Georges Desjardins at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Louis-Georges Desjardins at the Internet Archive
• Works by Louis-Georges Desjardins at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)