claim: Emperor Norton has international appeal.
evidence: Onesiphore Turgeon -LRB- September 6 , 1849 -- November 18 , 1944 -RRB- was a Canadian parliamentarian .. Canadian. Canada. parliamentarian. Member of Parliament#Canada. Born in Levis , Canada East , the son of Simon Turgeon and Pelagie Paradis , he was educated at the Seminaire of Quebec and the Universite Laval .. Levis. Levis, Quebec. Canada East. Canada East. Seminaire of Quebec. Seminaire of Quebec. Universite Laval. Universite Laval. Turgeon was a journalist in Bathurst , New Brunswick and was editor for Le Courrier des Provinces Maritimes .. journalist. journalist. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the New Brunswick riding of Gloucester in the 1900 election .. Gloucester. Gloucester ( electoral district ). Canadian. Canada. Canadian House of Commons. Canadian House of Commons. 1900 election. Canadian federal election, 1900. A Liberal , he would be re-elected in each following election up to and including the 1921 election .. Liberal. Liberal Party of Canada. 1921 election. Canadian federal election, 1921. He was summoned to the Canadian Senate in 1922 representing the senatorial division of Gloucester , New Brunswick on the advice of William Lyon Mackenzie King .. William Lyon Mackenzie King. William Lyon Mackenzie King. Gloucester. Gloucester ( electoral district ). Canadian. Canada. Canadian Senate. Canadian Senate. senatorial division. senatorial division. He served in Parliament -LRB- both the Commons and the Senate -RRB- for 44 years until his death in Bathurst at the age of 95 in 1944 .. Turgeon was married twice  : to Margaret Eulalia Baldwin in 1876 and to Mary Loretta Meahan in 1905 .. His son James Gray Turgeon also served as Member of the House of Commons and the Canadian Senate for many years .. James Gray Turgeon. James Gray Turgeon. Canadian. Canada. Canadian Senate. Canadian Senate. His other son , William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon , was a Saskatchewan politician and judge .. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon. William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon. He was author of Un tribut a la race acadienne .. Memoires , 1871-1927 , published in Montreal in 1928 .