Rodolphe Lemieux
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The Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux |
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| 16th Speaker of the House of Commons | |
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In office March 8, 1922 – June 2, 1930 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Governor General |
Baron Byng of Vimy The Earl of Willingdon |
| Prime Minister |
William Lyon Mackenzie King Arthur Meighen |
| Preceded by | Edgar Nelson Rhodes |
| Succeeded by | George Black |
| Senator for Rougemont, Quebec | |
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In office June 3, 1930 – September 28, 1937 |
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| Appointed by | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
| Preceded by | Georges-Casimir Dessaulles |
| Succeeded by | Elie Beauregard |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Gaspé |
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In office 1896–1911 |
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| Preceded by | Louis-Zéphirin Joncas |
| Succeeded by | Louis-Philippe Gauthier |
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In office 1917–1930 |
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| Preceded by | Louis-Philippe Gauthier |
| Succeeded by | Maurice Brasset |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Maisonneuve1 |
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In office 1917–1921 |
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| Preceded by | Alphonse Verville |
| Succeeded by | Clément Robitaille |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Rouville |
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In office 1911–1917 |
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| Preceded by | Louis-Philippe Brodeur |
| Succeeded by | The electoral district was abolished in 1914. |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Nicolet2 |
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In office 1904–1906 |
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| Preceded by | Georges Ball |
| Succeeded by | Charles Ramsay Devlin |
| Personal details | |
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November 1, 1866 Montreal, Canada East |
| Died | September 28, 1937 (aged 70) |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Cabinet | Solicitor General of Canada (1904–1906) Postmaster General (1906–1911) Minister of Labour (1906–1909) Minister of the Naval Service (1911) Minister of Marine and Fisheries (1911) |
| Portfolio | Speaker of the House of Commons (1922–1930) |
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1Elected for Gaspé and for Maisonneuve. Sat for both ridings. 2Resignation. Elected for Gaspé and for Nicolet. Chose to sit for Gaspé. |
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Rodolphe Lemieux, PC, FRSC (November 1, 1866 – September 28, 1937) was a Canadian parliamentarian and long time Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons (1922–1930).
He was born in Montreal as the son of a Customs officer. After a career as a journalist, lawyer and law professor he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1896 election as a Liberal. He was a loyal follower of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and, in 1904 became Solicitor General of Canada in Laurier's Cabinet. He subsequently served as Postmaster General of Canada, Minister of Labour and Minister of Marine and Fisheries. His Deputy Minister in the Department of Labour was future Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King.
As Minister of Labour he started a system in which no strike or lockout in a public utility or mine could be legal until the differences had been referred to a three-man board of conciliation representing the employer, the employees and the public.
In 1907, Laurier sent Lemieux to Japan to defend Canadian immigration policies which were discriminatory against the Japanese. He succeeded in obtaining an agreement from Japan to curtail emigration of its citizens to Canada.
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