Famous People with Name Auger

Edmond Auger            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Edmond Auger: was a French Jesuit. Later he was in Lyons, during a pestilence, devoting himself to the plague-stricken. When the pest had ceased, in consequence of a vow he made, the authorities, in gratitude, established a college of the Society to which Auger asked much to their astonishment, that the children of the Calvinists might be admitted. His whole life was one of constant activity, preaching and administering the responsible offices of Provincial, Rector etc., that were entrusted to him.

Louis-Simon Auger            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Louis-Simon Auger: was a French journalist, literary critic and playwright.

Joseph-Oscar Auger            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Joseph-Oscar Auger: was a Canadian politician, serving as Mayor of Quebec City from 1928 to 1930. Auger won the 20 February 1928 city election over incumbent mayor Télesphore Simard by a 7046 to 4752 vote.

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.