The Honourable Philippe Roy PC |
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Senator for Edmonton, Alberta | |
In office March 8, 1906 – April 21, 1911 |
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Appointed by | Wilfrid Laurier |
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Born |
St-François, Quebec |
February 13, 1868
Died | December 10, 1948 | (aged 80)
Political party | Liberal |
Philippe Roy, PC (February 13, 1868 – December 10, 1948) was a Canadian physician, politician, and diplomat.
In 1906, he was called to the Canadian Senate representing the senatorial government division of Edmonton, Alberta. A Liberal, he resigned in 1911. From 1911 to 1928, he was Canada's commissioner general in France. From 1928 to 1938, he was the first envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary. He concurrently served as the government of Quebec's agent-general in Paris from 1911 until 1912 when the federal government required him to represent only it.