Edmond Savard was a physician and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Chicoutimi—Saguenay

Chicoutimi—Saguenay

Chicoutimi—Saguenay was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1925.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and was amalgamated into the Chicoutimi and Lake St...

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1917 to 1925 as a Liberal

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He was born in Les Éboulements

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, Canada East

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, the son of Idas Savard and Démérise Tremblay, and was educated at the Séminaire de Chicoutimi and the Université Laval

Université Laval

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. Savard practised medicine in Chicoutimi

Chicoutimi, Quebec

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. In 1889, he married Éva Robitaille. He served with Les Voltigeurs de Québec

Les Voltigeurs de Québec

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 during the North-West Rebellion

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. Savard was mayor of Chicoutimi from 1902 to 1906. He served as coroner for Chicoutimi from 1904 to 1908 and was sheriff from 1907 to 1917. Savard was defeated by Joseph Girard

Joseph Girard

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 when he ran a seat in the House of Commons in 1904. He died in Chicoutimi at the age of 62 a week before the 1925 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1925

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His brother Paul Vilmond

Paul Vilmond Savard

Paul Vilmond Savard was a Canadian politician.Born in Les Éboulements, County of Charlevoix, Canada East, the son of Idas Savard and Démérise Tremblay, Savard received his early education at the Seminary of Chicoutimi. He also studied at the Université Laval, where he graduated in Law in 1886...

also served in the House of Commons.