François Langelier
Sir François Langelier KCMG FRSC | |
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| 10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
| In office May 5, 1911 – February 8, 1915 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governors General | |
| Premier | Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montmagny |
| In office December 16, 1873 – July 7, 1875 | |
| Preceded by | Télesphore Fournier |
| Succeeded by | Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 December 1838 Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada |
| Died | 8 February 1915 (aged 76) Spencer Wood, Sillery, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouses | Virginie Légaré (m. 1864)Marie-Louise Braün (m. 1892) |
| Relations | Charles Langelier, brother |
| Children | 9 (3 of whom died young) |
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| Occupation | lawyer, professor, journalist, author |
| Profession | politician |
Sir François Langelier, KCMG FRSC (24 December 1838 – 8 February 1915) was a Canadian lawyer, professor, journalist, politician, the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, and author. He was born in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada (now Quebec) and died in Spencer Wood, Sillery, Quebec.
In 1871, he was an unsuccessful candidate to the
mayor
from 1882 to 1890.
He was elected to the
Quebec Superior Court
for the district of Montreal.
He was knighted in 1907 and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1909. He was made a knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England in 1912 and a knight of the Order of St Michael and St George on 31 December 1913.
From 1911 to his death, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
His brother Charles Langelier was also an MP from 1887 to 1890.
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Electoral record
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
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| Liberal | François Langelier | 1,331 | ||||||
| Conservative | L. F. Burroughs | 626 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
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| Liberal | François Langelier | 1,080 | ||||||
| Conservative | Victor Chateauvert | 1,002 | ||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
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| Liberal | François Langelier | 1,469 | ||||||
| Conservative | A. R. Angers | 1,150 | ||||||
References
- Jocelyn Saint-Pierre, "LANGELIER, Sir FRANÇOIS", in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–.
- François Langelier – Parliament of Canada biography
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Francis-J. Audet et al., "Les Lieutenants-Gouverneurs de la province de Québec[permanent dead link]" (in French), in Les Cahiers des Dix, volume 27, 1962, p. 239–241.
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