Auguste-Maurice Tessier was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Rimouski

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Rimouski is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1829.-Members of Legislative Assembly:*Joseph Garon, Conservative Party...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1912 to 1922 as a Liberal.

He was born in Rimouski, Quebec

Rimouski, Quebec

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, the son of Auguste Tessier

Auguste Tessier

Auguste Tessier was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1889 to 1907 as a Liberal....

 and Corinne Gauvreau, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval

Université Laval

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. Tessier articled in law with Charles Fitzpatrick

Charles Fitzpatrick

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, was called to the bar in 1901 and set up practice in Richmond

Richmond, Quebec

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 and then in Rimouski with his father. In 1907, he married Yvonne, the daughter of Alexandre Lacoste

Alexandre Lacoste

Sir Alexandre Lacoste, PC was a Canadian lawyer, professor, and politician.He was born in Boucherville, Quebec in 1842, the son of Louis Lacoste. From 1880 to 1923, he was a professor of law at the Université de Montréal.In 1882, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec...

. He was crown attorney at Rimouski from 1909 to 1912. In 1912, he was named King's Counsel. Tessier was also president of the agricultural society for Rimouski County. He resigned his seat in the assembly in 1922 after he was named a judge in the Quebec Superior Court

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. He died in Quebec City

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 at the age of 52.

His son Maurice also served in the Quebec assembly.