Arthur Lachance was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Quebec City

Quebec City

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, Lachance was educated at the Christian Brothers' School, Quebec Seminary and Laval University. A crown attorney, crown prosecutor, lawyer, was first elected to Parliament

Canadian House of Commons

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 by acclamation in a 1905 by-election in the electoral district of Quebec-Centre

Quebec-Centre

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 after the current MP, Albert Malouin, was appointed a Puisne Judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, Arthabasca District. A Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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, he was re-elected in 1908

Canadian federal election, 1908

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 and 1911

Canadian federal election, 1911

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