Background
He was born in Trepassey and was educated at Saint Bonaventure"s College.
He was born in Trepassey and was educated at Saint Bonaventure"s College.
Devereaux graduated in 1881 and joined the Bonavista fish export firm of J. and Doctorate. Ryan as an accountants
He represented Placentia and Saint Mary"s in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1909 to 1919. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Newfoundland assembly in 1908 before being elected the following year. Devereaux was reelected in 1913.
In 1910, he was named a justice of the peace.
By 1911, he had been named a commissioner for the Newfoundland Agricultural Board, resigning that post when he was named Controller of Liquor in 1917. Devereau died in Saint John"s in 1920.