Louis-Victor Sicotte
Louis-Victor Sicotte | |
|---|---|
Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (Canada East) | |
| In office 1862–1863 Serving with John Sandfield Macdonald | |
| Preceded by | Sir George-Étienne Cartier |
| Succeeded by | Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion |
| Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada | |
| In office 1854–1857 | |
| Preceded by | John Sandfield Macdonald |
| Succeeded by | Henry Smith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Louis Cicot November 8, 1812 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec |
| Occupation | Lawyer, judge |
Louis-Victor Sicotte, QC (November 6, 1812 – September 5, 1889) was a lawyer, judge and politician in Lower Canada.
Biography
He was born Louis Cicot in
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day for French Canadians, and was also its secretary-treasurer. He supported the Patriotes but apparently took no part in the Rebellions of 1837–38. He believed, correctly as it turned out, that rebellion would lead only to an imposed union with Upper Canada
.
In 1838, he set up a practice in
Joint Premier of the Province of Canada with John Sandfield Macdonald
from May 24, 1862 to May 15, 1863.
He refused a cabinet post in the
motion of non-confidence
, which was rejected by a small margin. In September 1863, he accepted an appointment as judge of the Superior Court in the Saint-Hyacinthe district, serving until 1887.
He died in Saint-Hyacinthe in 1889.[citation needed]
Sicotte Township, located in the
Grand-Remous in 1973).[2]
References
- ^ Report of the Bureau of Archives for the Province of Ontario vol. 1, p. 47
- ^ "Canton de Sicotte" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- "Louis-Victor Sicotte". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
