Thomas Chapais
| Sir Joseph Amable Thomas Chapais | |
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| Senator for Grandville, Quebec | |
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In office December 31, 1919 – July 15, 1946 |
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| Appointed by | Robert Borden |
| Preceded by | Philippe-Auguste Choquette |
| Succeeded by | Paul Henri Bouffard |
| Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Les Laurentides | |
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In office March 18, 1892 – July 15, 1946 |
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| Preceded by | Guillaume Bresse |
| Succeeded by | Gérald Martineau |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 23, 1858 Saint-Denis, Canada East |
| Died | July 15, 1946 (aged 88) Saint-Denis, Quebec |
| Political party |
Federal: Conservative Provincial: Conservative |
| Relations | Jean-Charles Chapais, father |
| Cabinet |
Provincial: Minister Without Portfolio (1893-1896 & 1936-1939 & 1944-1946) Commissioner of Colonization and Mines (1897) |
| Portfolio |
Provincial: Government Leader in the Legislative Council (1893-1894 & 1936-1939 & 1944-1946) President of the Legislative Council (1895-1897) |
Sir Joseph Amable Thomas Chapais, FRSC (March 23, 1858 – July 15, 1946) was a French Canadian author, editor, historian, journalist, professor, and politician.
Born in Saint-Denis, Quebec (then Canada East), the son of Jean-Charles Chapais, a Father of Canadian Confederation, and Henriette-Georgina Dionne, he received a bachelor's degree in 1876 from Université Laval and was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1879.
From 1879 to 1884, he was the Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, Théodore Robitaille. Turning to journalism, he became the Editor-in-Chief of the daily newspaper, Le Courrier du Canada in 1884 and from 1890 to 1901 was the owner. From 1907 to 1934, he was a Professor of History at Université Laval.
In 1891, he ran unsuccessfully as a Conservative for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Kamouraska. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec in 1892 representing Laurentides. From 1893 to 1894, he was the Leader of the Government. In 1893, he was appointed Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Louis-Olivier Taillon. From 1895 to 1897, he was the Speaker of the Legislative Council. From 1896 to 1897, he was the President of the Executive Council in the cabinet of Edmund James Flynn and was a Cabinet Minister. In 1917, he refused a seat in the Senate but was summoned to the Senate in 1919. A Conservative, he represented the senatorial division of Grandville, Quebec and served until his death in 1946.
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