He was born in Contrecoeur, Quebec in 1902, the son of Louis Auger, and moved to Hawkesbury, Ontario with his family in 1912.
During his term in office, he was articling with a lawyer in L'Original and studying law part-time at Osgoode Hall.
He resigned his seat in 1929 after being accused of raping a young woman from his constituency who had come to see him in the House of Commons about possible employment in the public service.
Auger was finally acquitted of the charge of rape but found guilty of seduction and was sentenced to two years in Kingston Penitentiary, the maximum penalty for that crime, after five trials and two appeals over sixteen months.
In 2006, Marguerite Andersen published a novel Doucement le bonheur (Gently happiness) (ISBN 2894232063) based on the events surrounding the trial.