The Honourable Louis-Philippe Brodeur P.C., Q.C. |
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9th Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons | |
In office February 6, 1901 – January 18, 1904 |
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Monarch |
Victoria Edward VII |
Governor General | The Earl of Minto |
Prime Minister | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
Preceded by | Thomas Bain |
Succeeded by | Napoléon Antoine Belcourt |
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Rouville |
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In office March 5, 1891 – September 21, 1911 |
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Preceded by | George Auguste Gigault |
Succeeded by | Rodolphe Lemieux |
Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada | |
In office August 11, 1911 – October 10, 1923 |
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Nominated by | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
Preceded by | Désiré Girouard |
Succeeded by | Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin |
13th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec | |
In office October 31, 1923 – January 1, 1924 |
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Monarch | George V |
Governor General | The Viscount Byng of Vimy |
Premier | Louis-Alexandre Taschereau |
Preceded by | Charles Fitzpatrick |
Succeeded by | Narcisse Pérodeau |
Personal details | |
Born |
Belœil, Lower Canada |
August 21, 1862
Died | January 1, 1924 Spencer Wood, Sillery, Quebec |
(aged 61)
Nationality | Canadian |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) | Emma Brillon (m. 1887) |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | Université Laval |
Occupation | journalist, lawyer |
Profession | politician |
Louis-Philippe Brodeur, PC QC baptised Louis-Joseph-Alexandre Brodeur (August 21, 1862 – January 1, 1924) was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, politician, federal Cabinet minister, Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
Born in Beloeil, Quebec, he was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1891 election as Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) for Rouville, Quebec. He represented the riding continuously until his retirement prior to the 1911 election.
Brodeur was a firm supporter of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and came from a Rouges family. His father fought in the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1837, and his maternal grandfather was killed in the Rebellion's Battle of Saint-Charles.
As a young man, Brodeur studied law, graduating in 1884 with an LL.B. from the Université Laval. He worked as a young lawyer with Honoré Mercier, before establishing his own law firm of Dandurand and Brodeuer with Raoul Dandurand. He also engaged in journalism for Liberal newspapers such as la Patrie and L'Électeur before becoming editor of Le Soir. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons at the age of 29. After the Liberals won the 1896 election, Brodeur was appointed deputy speaker. He became Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons following the 1900 election. He was appointed as a Queen's Counsel in 1899.