Rodolphe Monty

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The Honourable
Rodolphe Monty
Secretary of State for Canada
In office
September 21, 1921 – December 28, 1921
Preceded byHenry Lumley Drayton
Succeeded byArthur Bliss Copp
Personal details
Born(1874-11-30)November 30, 1874
St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Political partyConservative

Rodolphe Monty PC KC (November 30, 1874 – December 1, 1928) was a Canadian politician.

Early life

Born in

Montreal, Quebec, Monty was educated in law at Université Laval and McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1897 and was created a King's Counsel
in 1909.

Political career

In September 1921, Monty was appointed

Conservative, he was defeated in the 1921 federal election in the riding of Beauharnois. He was also defeated in the riding of Laurier—Outremont in the 1925 election
.

Electoral history

1925 Canadian federal election: Laurier—Outremont
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Joseph-Alexandre Mercier 12,889
Conservative Rodolphe Monty 10,105
1921 Canadian federal election: Beauharnois
Party Candidate Votes
Liberal Louis-Joseph Papineau 5,147
Conservative Rodolphe Monty 3,272

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