Olivar Asselin was a writer and journalist in Quebec, Canada.
12 Facts About Olivar Asselin
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Olivar Asselin's name is a combination of the French first name "Olivier" and the last name of Latin American independence leader Simon Bolivar.
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Olivar Asselin did his primary studies in a Sainte-Flavie school and his secondary studies at the Seminaire de Rimouski.
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Olivar Asselin was first journalist for Le Protecteur Canadien of Fall River, in 1894.
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Olivar Asselin stood as a nationalist candidate in Terrebonne during the 1904 election, then in Saint-James during the 1911 election.
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Olivar Asselin was upset over an allegation the Minister supposedly made about him during the session, implicating him in an affair over a false telegram.
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Olivar Asselin slapped him in the face, earning him a stay in jail.
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Olivar Asselin was President of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal from 1913 to 1914.
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Olivar Asselin recruited men to form the 163rd Battalion, CEF, known as the "Poils-aux-pattes", made up of French-Canadian volunteers, and placed them under the command of Captain Henri Desrosiers, accepting instead the rank of Major.
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From 25 October 1918 until the rest of the war, Major Olivar Asselin was posted to the 87th Battalion.
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Olivar Asselin died in 1937, in Montreal, at the age of 62.
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Olivar Asselin was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.