Victor Allard was a lawyer, judge and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Berthier

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative.

He was born in Saint-Cuthbert

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, Canada East

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, the son of Prospère Allard and Geneviève Aurez Laférière, and was educated at the Collège de l'Assomption and the Université Laval

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. He articled with Joseph-Aldéric Ouimet, was called to the Quebec bar in 1884 and set up practice in Berthierville

Berthierville, Quebec

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. In 1885, he married Blanche Dorval. Allard was mayor of Berthier from 1899 to 1903 and from 1912 to 1915. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1890, losing to Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert

Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert

Cuthbert-Alphonse Chênevert was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Berthier in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1903 as a Liberal....

. He defeated Chênevert in 1892 and then was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1897. Allard was an unsuccessful candidate again in an 1904 by-election. He was also defeated when he ran for a federal seat for Berthier

Berthier (electoral district)

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 in 1891 and 1908. In 1916, he was named to the Quebec Superior Court

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 for Montreal district; he was named to the Court of King's Bench

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at Montreal in 1920. Allard died in Montreal at the age of 71.