# Louis Delorme

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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1824–1895)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name             = Louis Delorme
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| image            = Louis Delorme.jpg
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| constituency_MP  = [St. Hyacinthe](/source/St._Hyacinthe_(electoral_district))
| parliament       = Canadian
| predecessor      = [Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski](/source/Alexandre-%C3%89douard_Kierzkowski)
| successor        = [Louis Tellier](/source/Louis_Tellier)
| term_start       = 1870
| term_end         = 1878
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1824|12|29|df=y}}
| birth_place      = Montreal, Lower Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1895|06|18|1824|12|29|df=y}}
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| spouse           = 
| party            = [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada)
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'''Louis Delorme''' (29 December 1824 – 18 June 1895) was a [Quebec](/source/Quebec) lawyer and [political figure](/source/Politician). He represented [St. Hyacinthe](/source/St._Hyacinthe_(electoral_district)) in the [House of Commons of Canada](/source/House_of_Commons_of_Canada) as a [Liberal](/source/Liberal_Party_of_Canada) member from 1870 to 1878.<ref name="parl">{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=827|nolist=yes}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in [Montreal](/source/Montreal) in 1824,<ref name="parl"/> the son of Pierre Delorme and Elizabeth Burke,<ref name="johnson">{{cite book |title=The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967 |last=Johnson |first=J.K. |year=1968 |publisher=Public Archives of Canada |page=158 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiandirector0000publ/page/158 |url-access=registration}}</ref> and was educated at [Saint Sulpice](/source/Saint-Sulpice%2C_Paris) College and the college of [St. Hyacinthe](/source/Saint-Hyacinthe).

==Career and education==
He studied law and was called to the [bar](/source/Bar_(law)) in 1847. Delorme was first elected to the federal parliament in an 1870 by-election held after the death of [Alexandre-Édouard Kierzkowski](/source/Alexandre-%C3%89douard_Kierzkowski). He was mayor of [St. Hyacinthe](/source/St._Hyacinthe%2C_Quebec) and warden for the county of St. Hyacinthe.<ref name=morgan>{{cite book |url=https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.32950/204 |pages=188–189 |title=The Canadian Parliamentary Companion and Annual Register |year=1876 |publisher=Citizen Printing and Publishing Company |editor-last=Mackintosh |editor-first=C.H. |editor-link=Charles Herbert Mackintosh |location=Ottawa}}</ref> Delorme also served as director for the [Bank of St. Hyacinthe](/source/Banque_de_Saint-Hyacinthe). He was named clerk for the [Legislative Assembly of Quebec](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec) on 1 June 1879.<ref name="johnson"/>

==Personal life==
Delorme was married twice. He married Marie-Julie-Anna Fortier in 1855 and Flora-Sara-Adile Paradis in 1871.<ref name=morgan/>

==Death==
He died in Montreal at the age of 70.<ref name="johnson"/>

== Electoral record ==
{{CanElec1-by|1 September 1870}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Louis Delorme |acclaimed}}
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{{1872 Canadian federal election/St. Hyacinthe}}
{{1874 Canadian federal election/St. Hyacinthe}}

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Category:20th-century mayors of places in Quebec

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