The Right Honourable Sir Charles Pelletier KCMG |
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Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier as he appeared in July, 1891
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kamouraska |
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In office February 17, 1869 – February 2, 1877 |
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Succeeded by | Charles-François Roy |
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Québec-Est | |
In office March 4, 1873 – January 20, 1874 |
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Preceded by | Jacques-Philippe Rhéaume |
Succeeded by | Pierre-Vincent Valin |
Senator for Grandville, Quebec | |
In office February 2, 1877 – September 1, 1904 |
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Nominated by | Alexander Mackenzie |
Preceded by | Luc Letellier de St-Just |
Succeeded by | Philippe-Auguste Choquette |
9th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
In office September 15, 1908 – April 29, 1911 |
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Monarch |
Edward VII George V |
Governor General | The Earl Grey |
Premier | Lomer Gouin |
Preceded by | Louis-Amable Jetté |
Succeeded by | François Langelier |
Personal details | |
Born |
Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada |
January 22, 1837
Died | April 29, 1911 Sillery, Quebec |
(aged 74)
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Susanne Casgrain (m. 1860) |
Alma mater | Université Laval |
Occupation | lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, and judge |
Profession | politician |
Cabinet | Minister of Agriculture (1877–1878) |
Portfolio | Speaker of the Senate (1896–1901) |
Sir Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier, KCMG, PC (January 22, 1837 – April 29, 1911) was a Canadian lawyer, militia officer, politician, publisher, judge, and the ninth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
Born in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada (now Quebec), the son of Jean-Marie Pelletier and Julie Painchaud, he studied law at the Université Laval, was called to the bar in 1860 and entered practice in Quebec City. He married Suzanne, the daughter of lawyer Charles-Eusèbe Casgrain in 1861; his wife died during childbirth the following year. In 1866, he married Eugénie, the daughter of Marc-Pascal de Sales Laterrière, a doctor and seigneur. He was elected as a Liberal to the Canadian House of Commons representing the riding of Kamouraska, Quebec in a by-election held in 1869. There was no election in this riding in 1867 due to riots. He was re-elected in 1872 and 1874. He was also elected to represent Québec-Est in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in an 1873 by-election; he resigned this seat in 1874 when the dual mandate became illegal. From 1877 to 1878, he was the Minister of Agriculture in the federal cabinet.