Please answer the following question: Joseph-Edouard-Emile Leonard (December 11 1872 September 15 1933) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in Ste-Rose Laval County Quebec Leonard was educated at the Colleges of Ste Therese Joliette and St. Mary's in Montreal. A lawyer he was head of the Montreal firm of Leonard & Patenaude. He was the Conservative candidate in the electoral district of Laval in the general elections of 1900 but was defeated by Thomas Fortin. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
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Office Holder