Henri Courtemanche

Henri Courtemanche PC (born August 7, 1916 in Mont-Laurier , Québec ; † March 19, 1986 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada , who was a member of the lower house and member of the Senate and was temporarily a minister.

Life

After attending school, Martineau first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). He then completed a law degree with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and worked as a lawyer after being admitted to the bar.

Courtemanche was elected as a candidate for the progressive-conservative party in the general election of June 27, 1949 in the constituency of Labelle for the first time as a member of the lower house, but lost this mandate in the subsequent general election on August 10, 1953 . In the election of June 10, 1957 , he was re-elected as a member of the House of Commons in the Labelle constituency and was a member of the House of Commons until January 20, 1960, until he resigned his seat for health reasons. During his membership in the House of Commons, he acted from October 14, 1957 to February 1958 as Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons and also as chairman of the committees of the entire House of Commons.

On May 12, 1958, Courtemanche was appointed Secretary of State for Canada in the 18th Cabinet of Canada by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker , to which he was a member until his resignation for health reasons on January 20, 1960.

After leaving the government and the House of Commons, he was appointed Senator for Québec on January 20, 1960 on the proposal of Prime Minister Diefenbaker and represented the Senate district of Rougemont in the Senate until he left on December 22, 1961 .

He then withdrew from politics and worked as a lawyer again.

Web links

• Curriculum Vitae (Canadian Parliament homepage)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ministerial Resignations