He was born in Eastview, the son of Henry Lavergne. In 1935, he married Yvonne Goulet and they had four children. Lavergne was a merchant.
Politics
He served as mayor of Eastview (the name of Vanier, Ontario prior to 1969) from 1948 to 1960.
He was elected to the Ontario assembly in a 1954 by-election held after the death of Joseph Daniel Nault. He was defeated for the PC nomination for the 1963 general election by Bert Lawrence, and Lavergne retired from politics after failing to get elected as an Independent Progressive Conservative. He died of an apparent heart attack in 1970.[2]
References
Histoire des Comtes Unis de Prescott et de Russell, L. Brault (1963)
Normandin, Pierre G., ed. The Canadian Parliamentary Guide. Ottawa, Normandin(1963)
Paquette, Léo. Vanier (Eastview) au temps des maires G.H.A. Collins 1928-1929-1930, David Langelier 1931–32. Ville de Vanier, 2001.
Quesnel, Albert. Nécrologies des pierres tombales du cimetière Notre-Dame d’Ottawa. Vanier, Les Éditions Quesnel de Fomblanche,1981-, Volume 7.
Sylvestre, Paul-François. Nos parlementaires. Ottawa, Les Éditions l’Interligne, second Edition, 1987.