Joseph-Edmond Lesage was a physician and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Hochelaga

Hochelaga (electoral district)

Hochelaga is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1988 and since 2004...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1917 to 1921 as a Laurier Liberal

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He was born in Saint-Raymond, Quebec

Saint-Raymond, Quebec

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, the son of Dr. Charles Lesage and Euphrémie Vézina, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval

Université Laval

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. In 1902, he married Delphine Brillon. From 1895 to 1909, Lesage practised medicine in Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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; in 1909, he moved his practice to Montreal

Montreal

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. He died in Montreal at the age of 69.