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1882 - 1973

Born

• February 1, 1882, Compton, Quebec

Education

• St. Charles Seminary, Sherbrooke, B.A. 1902
• Laval University, LL.L. 1905

Personal Life

• Married 1908, Jeanne Renault (1886 - 1966)
• Two sons, three daughters

Occupations

• Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1905)
• 1914 Professor of Law, Laval University
• 1929 Bâtonnier of the Quebec Bar
• 1930 - 1932 President of the Canadian Bar Association
• 1937 - 1940 Counsel to Rowell-Sirois Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations

Political Party

• Liberal
• 1948 - 1958 Party Leader

Constituencies

• 1942 - 1958 Quebec East, Quebec

Other Ministries

• 1941 - 1946, 1948 Justice and Attorney General
• 1946 - 1948 External Affairs
• 1948 - 1957 President of the Privy Council

Political Record

• Trans-Canada Highway Act 1949
• Promoted Canada's membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) 1949
• Welcomed Newfoundland into Confederation 1949
• Canadian participation in the Korean War 1950 - 1953
• Appointed Vincent Massey first Canadian-born governor general 1952
• Start of construction of the St. Lawrence Seaway 1954
• Equalization payments 1956
• Canada Council established 1957
• Leader of the Opposition 1957 - 1958

Died

• July 25, 1973, Quebec City, Quebec
• Grave site: Cemetery of St. Thomas Aquinas, Compton, Quebec

Source: Canada's Prime Ministers, 1867 - 1994. [Ottawa]: National Archives of Canada, c1994. 20 p.