The Hon. Esioff-Léon Patenaude |
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17th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
In office April 29, 1934 – December 30, 1939 |
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Monarch |
George V Edward VIII George VI |
Governor General |
The Earl of Bessborough The Lord Tweedsmuir |
Premier |
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau Adélard Godbout Maurice Duplessis |
Preceded by | Henry George Carroll |
Succeeded by | Eugène Fiset |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hochelaga |
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In office October 15, 1915 – December 17, 1917 |
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Preceded by | Louis Coderre |
Succeeded by | Joseph Edmond Lesage |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Laprairie | |
In office June 8, 1908 – October 15, 1915 |
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Preceded by | Côme-Séraphin Cherrier |
Succeeded by | Wilfrid Cédilot |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Jacques-Cartier | |
In office February 5, 1923 – October 8, 1925 |
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Preceded by | Joseph-Séraphin-Aimé Ashby |
Succeeded by | Victor Marchand |
Personal details | |
Born |
Saint-Isidore, Quebec |
February 12, 1875
Died | February 7, 1963 Montreal, Quebec |
(aged 87)
Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Conservative |
Other political affiliations |
Conservative Party of Quebec |
Spouse(s) | Georgiana Deniger dit Poupart |
Cabinet | Minister of Inland Revenue Secretary of State of Canada Minister of Mines Minister of Marine and Fisheries (Acting) Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada |
Esioff-Léon Patenaude, PC, KC, often called E.L. Patenaude (February 12, 1875 – February 7, 1963) was a Canadian politician and statesman who served as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Born in Saint-Isidore, Quebec, in 1875, he studied law at Université Laval and was called to the Quebec bar in 1899. He established a successful law practice and was soon drawn to politics, serving as a chief organizer for the Conservative Party of Canada in Montreal.
He was first elected to the Quebec National Assembly as a Conservative in La Prairie in the 1908 provincial election, and was re-elected in the 1912 election. In 1915, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in a by-election, and joined the government of Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden as Minister of Inland Revenue. He served in that position until early 1917, when he was appointed as Secretary of State and Minister of Mines. In July, however, Patenaude resigned from the Canadian Cabinet in protest of the government's decision to implement conscription. He chose not to seek re-election in the 1917 federal election. When Arthur Meighen became Prime Minister in 1920, he offered Patenaude a seat in cabinet, which the latter declined.