Esdras Alfred de St-Georges (August 4, 1849 – June 19, 1890) was a Quebec

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 lawyer, physician and political figure. He represented Portneuf in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1872 to 1878 and from 1882 to 1890 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Cap-Santé, Canada East

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, the son of Laurent Aurez de St-Georges and Adelaine Allsopp who was the daughter of George Waters Allsopp

George Waters Allsopp

George Waters Allsopp was a seigneur, businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.He was born in 1769, probably at Quebec City, the son of George Allsopp, and studied at Eton College near London. He returned to Quebec in 1785 and trained in his father's business which was based in Quebec City...

. He received the degree of M.D.

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 from Victoria College

Victoria University in the University of Toronto

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 in Cobourg, Ontario

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 and a degree in law from the Université Laval

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. He practised law at Quebec City

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 and was also a governor of the College of Surgeons and Physicians of Lower Canada. In 1875, de St-Georges married Laura, the daughter of Isidore Thibaudeau

Isidore Thibaudeau

Isidore Thibaudeau was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Quebec East in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal from 1874 to 1877....

. He was elected again in 1878 but unseated after an appeal; he also ran unsuccessfully in the riding of Montmorency in 1880. De St-Georges died in office in 1890 at Cap-Santé.