Famous People with Name Auger

Henry Lemaître Auger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Henry Lemaître Auger: was a Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec.He joined Maurice Duplessis's Union Nationale and was re-elected in the 1936 election. He was appointed to the Cabinet and served as Minister of Colonization until his defeated against Liberal candidate Joseph-Roméo Toupin in the 1939 election.

Michel Auger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michel Auger: was a Canadian politician, farmer and mill owner. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1882 federal election as an Independent Liberal for the riding of Shefford. He was defeated in the 1878 election; however, it is not known which party he was affiliated with. He ran for reelection in the 1887 election as an Independent Liberal but was defeated.

Pierre-Michel Auger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Pierre-Michel Auger: is a Canadian politician, who was a Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Champlain from 2007 to 2008. Running for the Action démocratique du Québec, he was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2007 election with 45% of the vote. Parti Québécois incumbent Noëlla Champagne finished second with 31% of the vote. He took office on April 12, 2007. On October 23, 2008, he and fellow ADQ MNA André Riedl crossed the floor to sit as members of the Liberal caucus. In the 2008 election, Auger lost re-election against PQ candidate Noëlla Champagne.

Louis-Mathias Auger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Louis-Mathias Auger: was an Ontario teacher and political figure. He represented Prescott in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1926 to 1929. He defeated Gustave Évanturel to win a seat in the House of Commons in 1926. During his term in office, he was articling with a lawyer in L'Original and studying law part-time at Osgoode Hall. He resigned his seat in 1929 after being accused of raping a young woman from his constituency who had come to see him about possible employment in the public service. Auger was acquitted of the charge of rape but found guilty of seduction and was sentenced to two years in Kingston Penitentiary, the maximum penalty for that crime. He ran unsuccessfully as an independent Liberal in 1935. Auger served as mayor of Hawkesbury in 1936.