Background
He was born in Sainte-Marthe, Canada East, the son of Émery Lalonde and Marie-Claire-Louise Prévost.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born in Sainte-Marthe, Canada East, the son of Émery Lalonde and Marie-Claire-Louise Prévost.
Lalonde was educated at the Collège des Sulpiciens and the Victoria College of Medicine in Montreal.
He represented Vaudreuil in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Liberal member from 1890 to 1892 and from 1897 to 1901. He qualified as a doctor in 1873 and practised in Sainte-Marthe and Rigaud. Lalonde ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1882 and 1886 and for a seat in the House of Commons in 1887.
He was defeated by Hilaire Cholette when he ran for reelection in 1892.
Lalonde was mayor of Rigaud from 1893 to 1900. Lalonde was also an assessor for the federally operated Soulanges Canal.
Lalonde died in Montreal at the age of 73 and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
He raised bees for nearly forty years and was one of the founding members of the Apicultural Society for Quebec.
