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Avocat chez la firme Leger and Callbeck

Il était sénateur. Il était député fédéral de 1940 à 1953. Il a été sénateur de 1953 à 1961. Il était député libéral de Kent en 1950. On peut lire une brève biographie dans le livre de Yvon Léger 'L'Acadie de mes ancêtres', p.373

Moncton (CP) - Funeral services will be held Saturday at Grande Digue, N.B. for Senator Aurele A. D. Leger, former Liberal member of parliament for Kent who died in hospital here Thursday after a long illness. He was 67. Senator Leger, a Roman Catholic, first elected to represent New Brunswick's smallest constituency in 1940, was twice re-elected in 1945 and 1949. He was appointed to the senate in 1953 by former Prime Minister St. Laurent. He was a quiet man who rarely spoke in Commons or senate debates. An electrical contractor by profession, in later life he was an old age pensions inspector
(Source: leger.genacadie.ca)