Ernest Bertrand

Ernest Bertrand PC KC (born December 15, 1888 in Somerset , Québec , † October 11, 1958 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party of Canada , the minister in the 16th Canadian cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and in the 17th cabinet of Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent and was Associate Judge at the Québec Court of Appeal for several years .

Life

After attending school, Bertrand first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts . He then completed a law degree with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and, after being admitted as a lawyer, began working as a lawyer . In 1915 he began his military service in the Canadian Army during the First World War , but was shortly afterwards so seriously injured during military training that he was retired and went back to work as a lawyer. For his lawyer's merits, he later became Attorney-General (King's Counsel) appointed.

As a candidate of the Liberal Party, Bertrand was elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons in the election of October 14, 1935 and represented the Laurier constituency in Québec until he voluntarily resigned from his mandate on August 23, 1949 . During his membership in parliament he was from November 7, 1940 to January 21, 1942 Chairman of the Standing Committee on Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines.

On October 7, 1942, Bertrand was appointed Minister of Fisheries to the 16th Canadian Cabinet by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King. At the same time he acted between January 27, 1944 and January 31, 1945 as the chairman of a House of Commons special committee for the so-called Defense of Canada Regulations , a series of regulations designed to ensure Canada's readiness for defense and war at the beginning of the Second World War due to the The Measures Act was enacted.

As part of a government reshuffle, he was appointed Minister of Post by Prime Minister King on August 29, 1945, and he also held this ministerial office in the 17th cabinet formed by Prime Minister Louis Saint-Laurent on November 15, 1948, before his resignation on August 23, 1949. In addition, he acted between August 14 and September 1, 1947 as the managing minister for fisheries.

After he was appointed associate judge at the Court of Appeal of Québec (the then Cour du Banc de la Reine ), Bertrand resigned as Federal Minister on August 23, 1949 and also renounced his mandate. He held the office of judge until his death.

Web links and sources

• Ernest Bertrand - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
• Canadian Ministries at rulers.org