Lorne J. Violette was a physician and political figure in New Brunswick

New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only province in the federation that is constitutionally bilingual . The provincial capital is Fredericton and Saint John is the most populous city. Greater Moncton is the largest Census Metropolitan Area...

, Canada. He represented Madawaska County

Madawaska County, New Brunswick

Madawaska County , also known as the "New Brunswick Panhandle", is located in northwestern New Brunswick, Canada. Over 90% of the county's population speaks French...

 in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

The Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick is located in Fredericton. It was established de jure when the colony was created in 1784, but only came in to session in 1786 following the first elections in late 1785. Until 1891, it was the lower house in a bicameral legislature when its upper house...

 from 1922 to 1925.

He was born in Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick

Saint-Léonard, New Brunswick

Saint-Léonard is a Canadian town in Madawaska County, New Brunswick. It is located on the east bank of the Saint John River opposite Van Buren, Maine, to which it is connected via the Saint Leonard-Van Buren Bridge. The town's economy is driven by potato farming and a J.D. Irving Limited sawmill...

, the son of Béloni E. Violette and Sophie Smith. Violette was educated at Saint Joseph's College in Memramcook

Memramcook, New Brunswick

Memramcook is a Canadian village in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. Located in south-eastern New Brunswick, the community is predominantly people of Acadian descent who speak the Chiac derivative of the French language....

 and Laval University. He received his medical degree from Laval in 1911 and became a visiting doctor at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Saint-Basile

Saint-Basile, New Brunswick

Saint-Basile is a community in Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada. Formerly a separate municipality, it was amalgamated into the City of Edmundston on May 25, 1998. The 2006 Canadian Census recorded a population of 3751.-References:...

. In 1913, he married Laura M. Ouellette. Violette served as a surgeon with the Canadian Army during World War I

World War I

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. In 1920, he became mayor of Saint-Basile.