Georges Lafontaine was a politician in the Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. He served as an official opposition Member of the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

The Legislative Assembly of Quebec was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature until 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, the upper house of the legislature, the Legislative Council, was abolished...

 in the early twentieth century.

Provincial Politics

Lafontaine, who was a Conservative won a 1904 provincial by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

 in the district of Maskinongé

Maskinongé (provincial electoral district)

Maskinongé is a provincial electoral district that is located in the province of Quebec. Situated in the Mauricie region, it was created in 1853...

. He was re-elected in the general election held in that same year

Quebec general election, 1904

The Quebec general election of 1904 was held on November 25, 1904 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Simon-Napoléon Parent, was re-elected, defeating the Quebec Conservative Party, led by Edmund James Flynn.It...

 and in 1908

Quebec general election, 1908

The Quebec general election of 1908 was held on June 8, 1908 to elect members of the 12th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada...

, even though each time the Liberals won nearly all the other seats.

In 1912

Quebec general election, 1912

The Quebec general election of 1912 was held on May 15, 1912 to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada...

 though Lafontaine lost re-election against Liberal Rodolphe Tourville

Rodolphe Tourville

Rodolphe Tourville was a politician in the Quebec, Canada. He served as Member of the Legislative Assembly.-Provincial Politics:Tourville ran as a Liberal candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1912 in the district of Maskinongé. He won against Conservative incumbent Georges Lafontaine...

.

Federal Politics

Lafontaine also ran in 1917

Canadian federal election, 1917

The 1917 Canadian federal election was held on December 17, 1917, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 13th Parliament of Canada. Described by historian Michael Bliss as the "most bitter election in Canadian history", it was fought mainly over the issue of conscription...

 in the federal district of Maskinongé

Maskinongé (electoral district)

Maskinongé was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and was amalgamated into the Berthier—Maskinongé electoral district in 1924.-Members of Parliament:This...

, but finished third behind winner Hormisdas Mayrand of the Liberal Party and candidate Adolphe-Joseph Thibodeau.

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