Joseph-Enoil Michaud

Joseph Enoil Michaud , PC , KC (* 26. September 1888 in Saint-Antonin , Quebec ; † 23. May 1967 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party , of the eleven years a member of the House of Commons and minister several times in the 16th Canadian Cabinet of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King was.

Life

After attending school, Michaud first completed an undergraduate degree , which he completed with a Bachelor of Arts (BA). A subsequent postgraduate studies of law he finished with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and a Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) and then took a job as a barrister and notary. For his lawyer's merits, he later became Attorney-General (Queen's Counsel) appointed.

Michaud began his political career when he was elected to the legislative assembly of New Brunswick for the first time in the elections of February 24, 1917 and in this after his re-elections in the elections of October 9, 1920, August 10, 1925 and June 18, 1930 to 1933 represented the constituency of Madawaska . After he was Mayor of Edmundston for the first time from 1919 to 1920 , he was appointed Minister without Portfolio to the government of the New Brunswick Province by Prime Minister Walter Edward Foster in 1920 , of which he was a member until 1921. Foster's successor, Peter Veniot , reappointed him on February 28, 1923, as minister without portfolio in the provincial government, to which he was a member until the end of Veniot's tenure on September 10, 1925. In 1932 he became mayor of Edmundston for the second time and held that office until 1936.

At that time Michaud moved into federal politics and was for the Liberal Party in a by-election on 23 October 1933 constituency Restigouche-Madawaska also first elected to the Canadian House of Commons, where he according to his re-election on 14 October 1935 and 26 March 1940 to April 16, 1945 belonged.

On October 23, 1935, Michaud was appointed by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to the 16th Canadian Cabinet , and took over the post of Fisheries Minister until October 5, 1942. As such, he held from November 7, 1940 to January 27, 1943 the function of a special committee of the lower house for the regulation of the defense of Canada. In addition, he was acting Minister of Justice and Attorney General from November 27 to December 9, 1941, and acting Minister for Public Works between May 13 and October 6, 1942. He last held the post of Minister of Transport from October 6, 1942 to April 17, 1945.

Web links and sources

• Joseph-Enoil Michaud - biographical information on the website of the Canadian Parliament (English)
• Canadian Ministries at rulers.org