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Onésiphore Turgeon (September 6, 1849 – November 18, 1944) was a Canadian parliamentarian. Born in Lévis, Canada East, the son of Simon Turgeon and Pélagie Paradis, he was educated at the Séminaire of Quebec and the Université Laval. Turgeon was a journalist in Bathurst, New Brunswick and was editor for ''Le Courrier des Provinces Maritimes''. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the New Brunswick riding of Gloucester in the 1900 election. A Liberal, he would be re-elected in each following election up to and including the 1921 election. He was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1922 representing the senatorial division of Gloucester, New Brunswick on the advice of William Lyon Mackenzie King. He served in Parliament (both the Commons and the Senate) for 44 years until his death〔 in Bathurst at the age of 95 in 1944.〔 Turgeon was married twice: to Margaret Eulalia Baldwin in 1876 and to Mary Loretta Meahan in 1905.〔 His son James Gray Turgeon also served as Member of the House of Commons and the Canadian Senate for many years.〔 His other son, William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, was a Saskatchewan politician and judge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon )〕 He was author of ''Un tribut à la race acadienne. Mémoires, 1871-1927'', published in Montreal in 1928.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Onésiphore Turgeon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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