Canadian Judicial Figure. A native of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, he studied at the Seminary of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1929 to 1935. Later, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Montréal, where he was editor of the “Quartier Latin” and recipient of the university Merit. He was admitted to the Bar in 1938 and this same year, he opened his office in Farnham, apractice he held there until 1962. He was named Queen’s Counsel in law in 1950 and worked as the Crown prosecutor for the district of Bedford from 1950 to 1960. He served as secretary, syndic, then president of the section of the Bar of Bedford and also as a member of the general council of the Bar of Québec, as a member of the Committee of the inspectors of the Bar. In 1961, he chaired the Association of the rural Bar. He was named judge of the Superior Court of Montréal, on March 1, 1962. He died in that city.
Canadian Judicial Figure. A native of Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, he studied at the Seminary of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1929 to 1935. Later, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Montréal, where he was editor of the “Quartier Latin” and recipient of the university Merit. He was admitted to the Bar in 1938 and this same year, he opened his office in Farnham, apractice he held there until 1962. He was named Queen’s Counsel in law in 1950 and worked as the Crown prosecutor for the district of Bedford from 1950 to 1960. He served as secretary, syndic, then president of the section of the Bar of Bedford and also as a member of the general council of the Bar of Québec, as a member of the Committee of the inspectors of the Bar. In 1961, he chaired the Association of the rural Bar. He was named judge of the Superior Court of Montréal, on March 1, 1962. He died in that city.
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