Physician, pharmacist.
Born at Berthier, Quebec on 20 October 1862, he was educated at Joliette College and Victoria College (Montreal), and received a medical degree from Cobourg University. He practiced medicine at Menominee, Michigan for a short time before moving to Manitoba and working as a physician at St. Norbert and St. Pierre. He served as medical officer for the municipalities of Hanover and DeSalaberry, and a provincial coroner. He later moved to St. Boniface, operated a retail drugstore in Winnipeg.
On 18 November 1890, he married Marie Cymodoree Michaud (1870-?) in the RM of Cartier and they had five children. The family lived at 396 College Avenue. In the 1907 provincial election, he ran for a seat in the Manitoba Legislature but was defeated by Albert Prefontaine.
He died on 14 November 1938.
Marriage registration [Jean Marie Mastai Gervais, Marie Celina Cymodven Michaud], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Liberal candidate in Carillon,” Manitoba Free Press, 30 January 1907, page 2.
1901 and 1911 Canada censuses, Automated Genealogy.
Pioneers and Prominent People of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Canadian Publicity Company, 1925.
Mastai Gervais, FamilySearch.
Obituary [Joseph Marquis Valmore Gervais], Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 1989, page 26.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 4 February 2025
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