Louis-Philippe Brodeur

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Louis-Philippe Brodeur

Louis-Philippe Brodeur , PC , QC (born August 21, 1862 in Belœil , Québec , † January 2, 1924 in Sillery , Québec) was a Canadian politician and judge . From 1891 to 1911 he was a liberal member of the lower house, including three years as speaker and four years as minister. He was then a Supreme Court judge until 1923 . Eventually he served as Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Québec until his death .

biography

Brodeur studied law at the Université de Laval in Montreal . There he completed an internship in the office of the later Prime Minister of Quebec, Honoré Mercier . In 1884 he was admitted as a lawyer and opened his own law firm. He wrote articles for several liberal newspapers and was one of the co-founders of the newspaper Le Soir in 1896 , which ceased to appear after only four months.

As a candidate for the Liberal Party , Brodeur ran for the general election in 1891 and was victorious in the Rouville constituency. In the years 1896, 1900, 1904 and 1908 he was re-elected. Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier appointed him Deputy Speaker of the Lower House in August 1896 and Speaker in February 1901. After a cabinet reshuffle, Brodeur was accepted into the federal government in January 1904. At first he was Minister for Inland Taxes, from February 1906 Minister for Shipping and Fisheries. In 1907 he took part in the Imperial Conference in London as a delegate from Canada and was also involved in the negotiations on a trade agreement with France .

In May 1910 Brodeur also took over the management of the newly created Ministry of the Navy and in this role played a key role in the founding of the Royal Canadian Navy . For health reasons, he decided not to run for the 1911 general election and announced his resignation on August 10, 1911. Laurier was grateful for the service rendered and appointed Brodeur to the Supreme Court judge the following day . This appointment was purely politically motivated as he had no experience as a judge.

At the Supreme Court, Brodeur developed to defend the principles and special features of the Québec civil code . He feared that his Anglo-Canadian fellow judges would reinterpret this in the sense of common law . On the advice of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, Governor General Lord Byng sworn in him on October 31, 1923 as Lieutenant Governor of Québec. A little over two months later, Brodeur died of complications from an intestinal haemorrhage.

Honor

The Brodeur Peninsula is named after him.

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SURNAME Brodeur, Louis-Philippe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician and judge, Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Belœil (Québec)
DATE OF DEATH January 2, 1924
Place of death Sillery (Québec)