Sir hector-louis langevin biography of williams

  • LANGEVIN, Sir HECTOR-LOUIS, lawyer, journalist, and politician; b.
  • Sir Hector Langevin is an astute and wise statesman, and his whole aim is to create a feeling of brotherhood among his own people and their English-speaking.
  • Langevin was born in Quebec City in He studied law and was called to the bar in In , he was elected to the municipal council of Quebec City and.

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    LANGEVIN, Sir HECTOR-LOUIS, lawyer, journalist, and politician; b. 25 Aug. at Quebec, son of Jean Langevin and Sophie Laforce; m. 10 Jan. Marie-Justine Têtu, daughter of Charles-Hilaire Têtu*, in Rivière-Ouelle, Lower Canada, and they had nine children, including Hectorine, who married Thomas Chapais* in ; d. 11 June at Quebec.

    Hector-Louis Langevin was descended from a soldier in the Régiment de Carignan-Salières, which Jean Talon* settled in Bourg-Royal (Quebec) between and after a major expedition against the Iroquois. On 26 Nov. at Quebec, Jean Bergevin, dit Langevin, married Marie Piton, a native of the parish of Saint-Paul in the diocese of Paris. Their family worked the land until early in the 19th century, when Jean, the father of Hector-Louis, abandoned farming to become a shopkeeper and office holder at Quebec. Jean’s marriage on 15 Aug. to the daughter of Pierre Laforce, a notary, confirmed his rising social status. T

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    Langevin, Hon. Sir Hector Louis, K. C.M.G., Q.C., Ottawa, Minister of Public Works of the Dominion of Canada, M.P. for Three Rivers, Quebec province, was born in the city of Quebec, on the 25th August, He is descended from an illustrious line of ancestry, and has proved himself worthy of his descent. His father, the late Jean Langevin, acted as assistant civil secre­tary under the Earl of Gosford and Lord Sydenham, during the period those noblemen held the office of governor-general of Canada; and his uncle was the Right Rev. Jean Langevin, bishop of St. Germain de Rimouski. His mother, Sophia Scholastique La Force, was a daughter of Major La Force, who faithfully served his country during the war of , and whose grandfather was acting commodore of the Brit

  • sir hector-louis langevin biography of williams

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    Sir Hector-Louis Langevin
    Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Dorchester

    In office
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    Preceded byBarthélemy Pouliot
    Succeeded byInstitution abolished
    Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Dorchester

    In office
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    Succeeded byLouis-Napoléon Larochelle
    Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Québec-Centre

    In office
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    Preceded byGeorges-Honoré Simard
    Succeeded byRémi-Ferdinand Rinfret
    10th Mayor of Quebec City

    In office
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    Preceded byJoseph Morrin
    Succeeded byThomas Pope
    Member of the Canadian Parliament
    for Dorchester

    In office
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    Succeeded byFrançois Fortunat Rouleau
    Member of the Canadian Parliament
    for Charlevoix

    In office
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    Preceded byPierre-Alexis Tremblay
    Succeeded byPierre-Alexis Tremblay
    Member of the Canadian Parliament
    for Three Rivers

    In office
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    Preceded byWilliam McDougall
    Succeeded bygd