Prosper-Edmond Lessard

[1] He left home seeking his fortune in the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush, stopping in Edmonton on his way there and went on to become a leading citizen in the Franco-Albertan community.In the civics world Lessard would serve as secretary-treasurer of Edmonton's Young Men's Liberal Club, Edmonton's Liberal Association, and launched Le Courrier de l'Ouest a French language paper with Philippe Roy which reached a circulation of 8,000.He received 66 percent of the vote to keep his seat, defeating Conservative opponent James Brady, a Metis activist and the subject of the biography One-and-a-half Men.He was defeated by United Farmers candidate Laudas Joly in a closely contested two-way race.Many other Liberal members also lost their seas in this election, as the United Farmers formed a majority government.
The HonourableMember of the Legislative Assembly of AlbertaLaudas JolySt. PaulSenatorAlbertaCranbourneQuebecAlberta Liberal PartyLiberal Party of CanadaPrimary ReserveThe Alberta Mounted RiflesLegislative Assembly of AlbertaSenate of CanadaKlondike Gold RushEdmontonFranco-AlbertanJoseph-Hormidas GariépyPhilippe RoyEdmonton Separate-School Board1909 Alberta general electionacclamationPremierAlexander Cameron RutherfordAlberta and Great Waterways Railway Scandalelection held that year1917 general election1921 Alberta general electionUnited FarmersMackenzie KingLéonidas-Alcidas GirouxDictionary of Canadian BiographyUniversity of Toronto PressThe Globe and MailCBC News