Abbreviations used
Date March 19 1890
County Saint John
Place Saint John
Newspaper Saint John Globe
The language of the text is the original used in the newspaper entry and as transcribed by Daniel F. Johnson. Records acquired by the Provincial Archives are not translated from the language in which they originate.
Levite THERIAULT, next to Mr. Perley, is the oldest member of the house. He was born at St. Basil in 1837 and was educated at St. Anne's College, Quebec. He is a farmer and warden of the County of Madawaska. He has been a member of the Board of Agriculture and secretary of the Victoria Central Agricultural Society. His wife was a daughter of Ed LEBEL of Quebec. He was first elected to the legislature in 1867 for Victoria County and in 1871 was returned for Madwaska. He continued to represent the constituency until 1882 and then resigned and came back in 1886; resigned in 1887, but was unsuccessful in his election for the Commons and was re-elected. He was a member of the executive council from July 1871 to Feb. 1872. A Conservative and Catholic.