Aurele Lacombe

Background

He was born on January 28, 1887 in Sainte-Scholastique, Laurentides (now part of Mirabel, Quebec).

Career

He was a union activist. Lacombe kept the Labor label, but was appointed Minister without Portfolio in Alexandre Taschereau"s Cabinet on September 27, 1921. He finished second in the 1923 election and was defeated by Independent Liberal candidate Ernest Tétreau.

Achievements

• He ran as a Labor candidate in the district of Montréal-Dorion in the 1919 provincial election and won against Liberal incumbent Georges Mayrand.