Adélard Godbout
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The Hon. Adélard Godbout |
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| 15th Premier of Quebec | |
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In office June 11, 1936 – August 28, 1936 |
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| Monarch | Edward VIII |
| Lieutenant Governor | Ésioff-Léon Patenaude |
| Preceded by | Louis-A. Taschereau |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Duplessis |
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In office November 8, 1939 – August 30, 1944 |
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| Monarch | George VI |
| Lieutenant Governor |
Ésioff-Léon Patenaude Eugène Fiset |
| Preceded by | Maurice Duplessis |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Duplessis |
| Senator for Montarville, Quebec | |
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In office June 25, 1949 – September 18, 1956 |
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| Appointed by | Louis St. Laurent |
| Preceded by | Charles-Philippe Beaubien |
| Succeeded by | Henri Charles Bois |
| MNA for L'Islet | |
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In office May 13, 1929 – August 17, 1936 |
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| Preceded by | Élisée Theriault |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Bilodeau |
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In office October 25, 1939 – July 28, 1948 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Bilodeau |
| Succeeded by | Fernand Lizotte |
| Personal details | |
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Joseph-Adélard Godbout September 24, 1892 Saint-Éloi, Quebec |
| Died | September 18, 1956 (aged 63) Montreal, Quebec |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Dorilda Fortin (1889–1969) |
| Profession | Agronomist |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Joseph-Adélard Godbout (September 24, 1892 – September 18, 1956) was a Canadian agronomist and politician. He served as the 15th Premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944. He was also leader of the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ).
Adélard Godbout was born in Saint-Éloi. He was the son of Eugène Godbout, agriculturalist and Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1921 to 1923, and Marie-Louise Duret. He studied at the Séminaire de Rimouski, the agricultural school of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière and the Amherst Agricultural College, in the American state of Massachusetts. He then became teacher at the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière agricultural school from 1918 to 1930. He was an agronomist for the Ministry of Agriculture from 1922 to 1925.
Godbout became a Member of the legislature for the district of L'Islet in the Chaudière-Appalaches area, after he won a by-election without opposition on May 13, 1929. He was re-elected in the 1931 and 1935 elections.
Godbout was appointed to the Cabinet by Premier Alexandre Taschereau and served as Minister of Agriculture from November 27, 1930 to June 27, 1936.
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