Auguste-Réal Angers
Canadian politician and Lieutenant Governor of Quebec / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sir Auguste-Réal Angers PC (4 October 1837 – 14 April 1919) was a Canadian judge and parliamentarian, holding seats both as a member of the House of Commons of Canada, and as a Senator. He was born in 1837 probably in Quebec City and died in Westmount, Quebec, in 1919.
Sir Auguste-Réal Angers | |
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Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec | |
In office 16 December 1892 – 10 June 1896 | |
Nominated by | John Sparrow David Thompson |
Preceded by | Anselme-Homère Pâquet |
Succeeded by | Alfred Thibaudeau |
6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
In office 29 October 1887 – 4 December 1892 | |
Monarch | Victoria |
Governors General | The Marquess of Lansdowne The Lord Stanley of Preston |
Premier | Honoré Mercier Charles Boucher de Boucherville |
Preceded by | Louis-Rodrigue Masson |
Succeeded by | Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montmorency | |
In office 14 February 1880 – 12 November 1880 | |
Preceded by | Pierre-Vincent Valin |
Succeeded by | Pierre-Vincent Valin |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montmorency | |
In office 11 February 1874 – 14 February 1880 | |
Preceded by | Joseph-Édouard Cauchon |
Succeeded by | Charles Langelier |
Personal details | |
Born | (1837-10-04)4 October 1837 Quebec City, Lower Canada |
Died | 14 April 1919(1919-04-14) (aged 81) Westmount, Quebec, Canada |
Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
Political party | Provincial: Conservative Federal: Conservative |
Spouses | Julie-Marguerite Chinic
(m. 1869)Émélie Le Moine (m. 1890) |
Children | 1 daughter and 2 sons |
Residence | Quebec City |
Alma mater | Université Laval |
Occupation | lawyer, judge |
Profession | politician |
Cabinet | Provincial: Attorney General (1876–1878) Solicitor General (1874–1876) Federal: Minister of Agriculture (1892–1895) President of the Privy Council (1896) |
He served in the cabinets of Sir John Sparrow David Thompson and Sir Mackenzie Bowell as Minister of Agriculture and as President of the Privy Council under Sir Charles Tupper. He also served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec after being elected in Montmorency in 1874 as a Conservative.
He was knighted in the 1913 New Year Honours.[1]
After his death in 1919, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[2]