Louis-Joseph Gauthier
Louis-Joseph Gauthier | |
|---|---|
Legislative Assembly of Quebec | |
| In office 1906–1908 | |
| Constituency | L'Assomption |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 21, 1866 Montreal, Canada East |
| Died | April 12, 1938 (aged 72) Montreal, Quebec |
| Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouses | Marie-Amazilie Morency
(m. 1893)Marie-Anne Desmarais
(m. 1901) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Louis-Joseph Gauthier, Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1906 to 1908 and St. Hyacinthe and then St. Hyacinthe—Rouville in the House of Commons of Canada from 1911 to 1921 as a Liberal.[1]
Biography
He was born in
Westmount. In 1901, he was named King's Counsel. Gauthier was a mayor of Laurentides in 1905. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in a 1906 by-election held after Joseph-Édouard Duhamel resigned his seat to accept an appointment. He was defeated by Walter Reed
when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1908.
Gauthier was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1921 and was also unsuccessful in federal elections held in 1921, 1925, 1926 and 1930 and in a Quebec election held in 1927. Gauthier was married twice: to Marie-Amazilie Morency in 1893 and to Marie-Anne Desmarais in 1901. He died in Montreal at the age of 72 and was buried in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.[2]
References
- ^ Louis-Joseph Gauthier – Parliament of Canada biography
- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
