George R. Deveau
{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image =
| name = George R. Deveau
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|10|14}}
| birth_place = Mavillette, Nova Scotia, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1983|11|4|1891|10|14}}
| death_place = Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
| term_start = 1933
| term_end = 1937
| predecessor = new riding
| successor = Donald David Boyd
| party = Nova Scotia Liberal Party
| religion =
| occupation = physician
}}
George Raymond Deveau (October 14, 1891 – November 4, 1983) was a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Richmond in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1933 to 1937. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party.{{cite web|url=http://nslegislature.ca/pdfs/about/ConstituencyHistories/cape%20breton-richmond.pdf|title=Electoral History for Cape Breton-Richmond|publisher=Nova Scotia Legislative Library|accessdate=2015-04-30}}
Biography
Deveau was born in 1891 at Mavillette, Digby County, Nova Scotia.{{cite book|last1=Elliott|first1=Shirley B.|title=The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758–1983 : a biographical directory|url=https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/30|accessdate=2018-05-15|year=1984|publisher=Public Archives of Nova Scotia|isbn=0-88871-050-X|page=[https://archive.org/details/legislativeassem0000unse/page/30 30]}} He was educated at Saint Mary's University and Laval University. He married Marie Marguerite Fortier in 1919. He was employed as a port physician and medical officer at Arichat, Nova Scotia. Deveau made two unsuccessful attempts at entering provincial politics, losing the 1920 election in the Richmond riding,{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf|title=Summary Results from 1867 to 2011|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=2011|page=39|accessdate=2015-04-30|archive-date=2013-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090711/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf|url-status=dead}} and the 1925 election in the Richmond and Cape Breton West riding.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf|title=Summary Results from 1867 to 2011|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=2011|page=42|accessdate=2015-04-30|archive-date=2013-10-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003090711/http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/Elections%20from%201867-2011.pdf|url-status=dead}} He ran again in the 1933 election, winning the new Richmond riding by 397 votes.{{cite web|url=http://electionsnovascotia.ca/sites/default/files/General%20Election%201933.pdf|title=Returns of General Election for the House of Assembly 1933|publisher=Elections Nova Scotia|year=1933|page=57|accessdate=2015-04-30}} Deveau did not reoffer in the 1937 election. Deveau died at Halifax, Nova Scotia on November 4, 1983.
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Category:Nova Scotia Liberal Party MLAs
Category:People from Digby County, Nova Scotia
Category:People from Richmond County, Nova Scotia
Category:Université Laval alumni
Category:Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni
Category:20th-century members of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly