Louis-Arsène Lavallée, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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former mayor of Montreal, Quebec (1912-1914)
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Place of Birth: Berthierville, Quebec, Canada
About Louis-Arsène Lavallée
- Louis-Arsène Lavallée (2 February 1861 at Berthier-en-Haut, Province of Canada – 19 November 1936 at Montreal) was a Mayor of Montreal, Canada. His education was first at the Collège de Joliette, then at Université Laval's Montreal campus for law studies (which is today the Université de Montréal).
- He was formally installed as a lawyer in 1884. Lavallée worked with Hormidas Laporte to create the Alliance Nationale insurance company in 1892.
- After an unsuccessful campaign at the St.
- James riding in the 1896 federal election, Lavallée became a Montreal local councillor, since 1900 for the Saint-Jacques ward then in 1904 at La Fontaine ward.
- In 1912, he was elected Mayor of Montreal and served that role until the 1914 election. During his local political career, Lavallée promoted consolidation and amalgamation of municipalities towards a larger Montreal government and saw annexation of municipalities such as Côte-des-Neiges during that time.
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