Background
TESSIER, Auguste was born on November 20, 1853 in Quebec. 3rd son of Honourable Justice U. J. Tessier, Judge of the King’s Bench Court, and Marguerite Adele Kelly. Ancestors came from France, near La Rochelle, in Saintonge.
TESSIER, Auguste was born on November 20, 1853 in Quebec. 3rd son of Honourable Justice U. J. Tessier, Judge of the King’s Bench Court, and Marguerite Adele Kelly. Ancestors came from France, near La Rochelle, in Saintonge.
Quebec Seminary; St. Mary’s College, Montreal. Has been Warden of the County of Rimouski, President of the Society of Agriculture of same county, and Mayor of the town of Rimouski. Bachelor of Laws.
Called to Bar, 1876; Member of Legislature for Rimouski since 1889. Speaker of Legislative Assembly, 1905. Minister of Agriculture, 1905.
Treasurer of the Province since 1905. King’s Counsel.