Canadian politician

Aurèle Lacombe (January 28, 1887 – March 6, 1963) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a Member of the Legislative *embly of Quebec (MLA).

Early life

He was born on January 28, 1887, in Sainte-Scholastique, Laurentides (now part of Mirabel, Quebec). He was a union activist.

Political career

He ran as a Labour candidate in the district of Montréal-Dorion in the 1919 provincial election and won against Liberal in*bent Georges Mayrand. Lacombe kept the Labor label, but was appointed Minister without Portfolio in Alexandre Taschereau's Cabinet on September 27, 1921.

He finished second in the 1923 election and was defeated by Independent Liberal candidate Ernest Tétreau.

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