Arthur Desrosiers

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Arthur Desrosiers (March 10, 1884-July 7, 1951) was a doctor and mayor of Eastview, Ontario, later known as Vanier. He also represented Russell in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal from 1934-1937.

He was born in Clarence Creek in 1884, the son of Dr. Alexis Napoleon Desrosiers and Ernestine Dionne who was the daughter of Amable Dionne. He attended Collège Bourget in Rigaud, Quebec and then studied medicine at the Université Laval. He was mayor of Eastview in 1918-1919, 1922 and 1924 to 1927. During his time as mayor, he favoured annexation of Eastview by the nearby city of Ottawa. Arthur is a relative of David Desrosiers, a member of the band Simple Plan^{[citation needed]}

Desrosiers drowned in 1951 while boating in the Rideau River.

[edit] References

• Vanier (Eastview) Au Temps Des Maires, Léo Paquette (1998) ISBN 2-9802732-1-X
• Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1937, AL Normandin

[edit] External links

• Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario