Career
He represented Joliette in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1885 as a Conservative member. He was born in Berthier-en-Haut, Lower Canada, the son of Paul Lavallée and Marie Laférière. Lavallée was educated at the Collège de Berthier and the École de médecine et de chirurgie at Montreal, qualified to practise medicine in 1860 and set up practice in Saint-Félix-de-Valois.
He was also commissioner for the trial of small causes.
In 1885, he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Lanaudière division, serving until 1888. Lavallée was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the House of Commons in 1896.
