John B. Pelletier
John B. Pelletier was a Canadian-born American politician who served in the California State Assembly for the 44th district from 1935 to 1946. He immigrated to the United States in 1895.
Pelletier is notable for the fact that, in 1934, he was a "bum" on Skid Row in Los Angeles when master lobbyist Arthur Samish cleaned him up and successfully ran him for the State Assembly. He was one of two dozen "EPIC Democrats" elected to the state legislature in 1934.