Canadian Statesman. A native of Nashua, New Hampshire, he studied first in Saint-Hyacinthe, then in Sherbrooke and finally at the Law Faculty at Laval University Laval. He was admitted to the Bar on October 5, 1917 and he was created King’s Counsel at law ten years later, on February 25, 1927. He was named junior substitute of the Procuror General of Québec for the district of the city of Québec in 1921 and was promoted to senior substitute in 1926. He was elected President of the Young Liberals of Quebec in 1921. The electors of the district of Bellechasse chose him as their representatve to the Legislative Assembly in 1939. His fellow members of the House elected him as Substitute to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on March 6, 1940, a post he kept until he was asked to act officially as Speaker of the Assembly on May 12, 1942. A few months later, on November 5, 1942, Premier Godbout made him join his Cabinet as Minister responsible for Hunting and Minister of Fisheries. He was reelected in the general elections of 1944, but he was defeated in 1948. On October 17, 1950, he was appointed Judge to the Superior Court for the district of Québec of October 17th, 1950 and he sat on that bench until his death in Hull. He had been also Resident of the Young Bar of Québec in 1924, member of the board of the Bar of Québec in 1931 and President of the Bar in 1942.
Canadian Statesman. A native of Nashua, New Hampshire, he studied first in Saint-Hyacinthe, then in Sherbrooke and finally at the Law Faculty at Laval University Laval. He was admitted to the Bar on October 5, 1917 and he was created King’s Counsel at law ten years later, on February 25, 1927. He was named junior substitute of the Procuror General of Québec for the district of the city of Québec in 1921 and was promoted to senior substitute in 1926. He was elected President of the Young Liberals of Quebec in 1921. The electors of the district of Bellechasse chose him as their representatve to the Legislative Assembly in 1939. His fellow members of the House elected him as Substitute to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on March 6, 1940, a post he kept until he was asked to act officially as Speaker of the Assembly on May 12, 1942. A few months later, on November 5, 1942, Premier Godbout made him join his Cabinet as Minister responsible for Hunting and Minister of Fisheries. He was reelected in the general elections of 1944, but he was defeated in 1948. On October 17, 1950, he was appointed Judge to the Superior Court for the district of Québec of October 17th, 1950 and he sat on that bench until his death in Hull. He had been also Resident of the Young Bar of Québec in 1924, member of the board of the Bar of Québec in 1931 and President of the Bar in 1942.
Bio by: Guy Gagnon
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