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Place of Birth: Nicolet, Quebec, Canada
About Arthur Trahan
- Arthur Trahan, (May 26, 1877 – September 22, 1950) was a Canadian lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec.
- He represented Nicolet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1913 to 1917 and Nicolet in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1923 as a :Liberal.He was born in Nicolet, Quebec, the son of Narcisse Trahan and Adéline-Rébecca Rousseau, and was educated at the Séminaire de Nicolet and the Université Laval.
- He was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1901 and set up practice in Nicolet.
- He was married twice: to Joséphine Dufresne in 1902 and to Diane Leduc in 1924.
- Trahan served as a member of the municipal council for Nicolet from 1911 to 1919.
- He was named King's Counsel in 1912.
- Trahan was bâtonnier for Trois-Rivières district in 1916 and 1917.
- He resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1917 to run for a federal seat.
- In 1923, Trahan resigned his seat in the House of Commons after he was named to the Quebec Superior Court.
- He died in Montreal at the age of 73 and was buried in Nicolet.
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