Ludger Forest was a dentist and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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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...

 from 1922 to 1923 as a Liberal.

He was born in Wotton, Quebec

Wotton, Quebec

Wotton is a municipality in Quebec....

, the son of Isaïe Forest and Hortense Fortier, and was educated at the Séminaire Saint-Charles-Borromée in Sherbrooke and the Université Laval

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. Forest was a dentist in Sherbrooke. From 1914 to 1917, he was president of the College of Dentists for Quebec. He served on the town council for Sherbrooke from 1913 to 1922. He was elected in an 1922 by-election. Forest was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1923. In 1926, he married Marie-Emma Benoît. Forest was mayor of Sherbrooke in 1932 and 1933. He died in Sherbrooke at the age of 65.

His uncle Ludger Forest

Ludger Forest (doctor)

Ludger Forest was a physician and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Assomption in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal....

also served in the Quebec assembly.