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About Augustin Gallant
- Augustin Gallant (August 4, 1916 – May 5, 1994) was an educator, lawyer and political figure on Prince Edward Island.
- He represented 3rd Prince in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1954 to 1959 as a Liberal. He was born in Egmont Bay, Prince Edward Island, the son of Peter Gallant and Eleanor Arsenault.
- Gallant was educated at Prince of Wales College and then received a teaching license from Mount Allison University.
- He taught school in Urbainville and was a school principal in Tignish.
- Gallant served as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II.
- In 1943, he married Marcella, the daughter of Joseph Alphonse Bernard.
- They had seven (7) children.
- The oldest, Peter Gallant, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- From there they had five children (Michael, Carroll, John, Robert and Patrick) all born in Prince Edward Island.
- Their youngest, Richard Gallant, was born in Jonquière, Quebec.
- He returned to Mount Allison University and then studied law at Dalhousie University.
- He set up practice in Summerside.
- Gallant ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1951, losing to J.
- Wilfred Arsenault.
- He was first elected to the provincial assembly in a 1954 by-election held after Arsenault resigned his seat.
- He served as speaker from 1956 to 1958.
- After he retired from politics, Gallant was a high school principal in Bagotville, Quebec.
- Twenty years later, he returned to Prince Edward Island, practising law at Alberton from 1979 to 1996.
- Gallant died in Summerside at the age of 77.
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