Amédée E. Forget
Lieutenant Governor of the North-West Territories | |
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In office October 4, 1898 – September 1, 1905 | |
Monarchs | Victoria Edward VII |
Governors General | The Earl of Aberdeen The Earl of Minto The Earl Grey |
Premier | Frederick W. A. G. Haultain |
Preceded by | Malcolm C. Cameron |
Succeeded by | himself, as Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan George H. V. Bulyea, as Lieutenant Governor of Alberta |
Senator for Banff, Alberta | |
In office May 2, 1911 – June 8, 1923 | |
Nominated by | Wilfrid Laurier |
Personal details | |
Born | Marieville, Canada East | November 12, 1847
Died | June 8, 1923 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | (aged 75)
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse |
Henriette Drolet (m. 1876) |
Residence | Banff, Alberta |
Alma mater | Marieville College |
Occupation | Lawyer, civil servant |
Profession | Politician |
Amédée Emmanuel Marie Forget.
Born in
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He is the namesake of Mount Forget, in Alberta.[2] The town of Forget, Saskatchewan, and Forget Street in Regina, Saskatchewan are both named in his honor.
Family
Amédée Emmanuel Forget married October 1876, Henriette Drolet, daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. R Drolet, and a descendant of François Jarret de Verchères. She was born at Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East, September 29, 1853. She was educated at l'Institut des Sœurs des Saints Noms de Jésus et de Ville Marie, Hochelaga. The couple travelled in 1877 to Battleford, North-West Territories, when Mr Forget was appointed to an official position. When the seat of Government was transferred to Regina in 1882, the couple moved there. The couple moved to Winnipeg in 1895, when Mr. Forget was appointed Indian commissioner. The couple moved to Government House, Regina, when Mr Forget was appointed lieutenant-governor of the North-West Territories in October 1898. The couple received and entertained the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall in 1901.[3]
Madame Forget served as honorary president of the
References
- ^ Emmanuel Amedee Marie Forget, Quebec, Rouville, Parish of Sainte-Marie-de-Monoir, 12 November 1847, no.207, [Baptismal Record].
- ^ Place-names of Alberta. Ottawa: Geographic Board of Canada. 1928. p. 53.
- ^ a b Morgan, Henry James, ed. (1903). Types of Canadian Women and of Women who are or have been Connected with Canada. Toronto: Williams Briggs. p. 120.
Sources
- "The Honourable Amédée E. Forget, 1898-1905". Archived from the original on 27 October 2005. Retrieved November 11, 2005.
- Titley, E. Brian (2005). "Forget, Amédée-Emmanuel". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XV (1921–1930) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.