Émile-Dostaler O'Leary

Émile-Dostaler O'Leary
Born 16 August 1908
Berthierville, Quebec, Canada
Died 18 April 1965(1965-04-18) (aged 56)
Paris, France
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Journalist
Employer La Patrie, Air France, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Spouse(s) Lucille Lévesque; 4 children
Parent(s) Émile O'Leary
Fébronie Dostaler

Émile-Dostaler O'Leary (16 August 1908 – 18 April 1965) was a Canadian journalist and writer.[1]

Biography

Émile-Dostaler O'Leary O'Leary was born in Berthierville, Quebec and attended the Collège Saint-Joseph in Berthierville before travelling to Belgium to study at the Petit Séminaire de Basse-Wavre and, later, the University of Burgundy (Dijon, France) and Université Libre de Bruxelles. He completed a B.Sc. degree in chemistry, physics, and mathematics at the Institut de chimie Meurice.[1]

After returning from Europe, O'Leary completed an internship in the chemical industry from 1933 to 1937. He subsequently pursued journalism and joined La Patrie. He worked at La Patrie until 1957, when he became director of Air France's Department of External Relations—a position he held until 1958. In 1959, he began working as a correspondent for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Paris, where he also served as Canadian correspondent for several French language newspapers.[1]

Activism

O'Leary was a Quebec nationalist and member of Jeune-Canada. With his brother Walter-Patrice, he co-founded the Young Patriots of French Canada (French: Jeunesses patriotes du Canada français) and the Knights of the Round Table of Canada (French: Chevaliers de la table ronde du Canada) in 1935, and the Cultural Union of Mexico–French Canada (French: Union culturelle Mexique-Canada français), which was later renamed the Union of Latin America (French: Union des Latins d'Amérique), in 1939.[1]

During the Canadian federal election of 1945, he stood as a candidate for the Bloc Populaire Canadien in the Laurier riding.[1] He placed second in the contest with 5,145 votes, losing to incumbent Liberal Ernest Bertrand.[2]

O'Leary was a representative to the executive of the International Federation of Journalists[1] and, in 1950, founded the International Francophone Press Union (French: Union internationale de la presse francophone, UPF).[3]

He served as the UPF's president from 1950 to 1955.[4] He also involved himself with the formation of the Canadian Union of French-language Journalists (French: Union canadienne des journalistes de langue française).[1]

Personal life

O'Leary was born to Émile O'Leary and Fébronie Dostaler and had two sisters—Marguerite and Alice—and a brother, Walter-Patrice. He married Lucille Lévesque on 15 April 1939, at the age of 30. He fathered four children: Marie-France, Denis, Étienne O'Leary, and Véronique. O'Leary died on 18 April 1965 in Paris, aged 56, from undisclosed causes.[1]

Publications

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Dostaler O'Leary profile". L'Encyclopédie de la Francophonie (in French). Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  2. "LAURIER, Quebec (1933–1987)". History of Federal Ridings since 1867. Parliament of Canada. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
  3. "U.P.F." (in French). Union internationale de la presse francophone. Archived from the original on 11 June 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  4. "Histoire de l'Union internationale de la presse francophone" (in French). Union internationale de la presse francophone. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
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