Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, PC , QC , KCB (August 25, 1826 – June 11, 1906) was a Canadian lawyer, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation. The Queen's Privy Council for Canada (QPC (Conseil privé de la Reine pour le Canada (CPR sometimes called Her Majesty's Privy Council for Canada or the Privy Council Queen's Counsel ( postnominal QC) &ndash known as King's Counsel ( KC) during the reign of a male sovereign &ndash are The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British Order of chivalry founded by George Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the
Langevin was born in Quebec City in 1826. Quebec City ( French: Ville de Québec, or simply Québec) (kwɨˈbɛk or /keˈbɛk/ is the Capital of the Canadian province He studied law and was called to the bar in 1850. In 1856, he was elected to the municipal council of Quebec City and was mayor from 1858 to 1861. In 1857, he was elected Member of Parliament for Dorchester in the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada as a member of the Conservative Party. A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Dorchester (electoral district ---> Dorchester was a federal electoral district The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the Legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada ( PC) ( Parti progressiste-conservateur du Canada) ( 1867 – 2003) was a Canadian He held various positions in Cabinet, including Solicitor General (1864-66), Postmaster General (1866-67), Secretary of State for Canada (1867-69), Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1868-69) and Minister of Public Works (1869-73). The Cabinet of Canada (Cabinet du Canada plays an important role in the Government of Canada, in accordance with the Westminster System. The Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for the Post Office Department ( Canada Post) The position of Secretary of State for Canada was a Canadian Cabinet position with a corresponding department The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Ministre des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien is the Minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet The position of Minister of Public Works existed as part of the Cabinet of Canada from Confederation to 1995 Langevin also attended all three conferences leading up to Confederation. Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed beginning 1 July 1867 from the He left politics in 1873 due to his role in the Pacific Scandal. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Pacific Scandal involves the allegations of bribes being taken by Canada's Conservative government of Sir John A
In 1876, he was re-elected in the riding of Charlevoix. Charlevoix was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1917 and from His opponent contested the election and it was declared invalid, but he won the subsequent by-election in 1877. He was defeated in Rimouski in 1878 but elected by acclamation in the riding of Trois-Rivières in the same year. For the current|defunct federal|provincial electoral district see Rimouski (electoral district ---> Rimouski (also known as Rimouski—Témiscouata Trois-Rivières (formerly known as Three Rivers and Trois-Rivières Métropolitain) is an electoral district in Quebec, Canada that has Langevin became Minister of Public Works again in 1879. He lobbied behind the scenes against the hanging of Louis Riel in 1885 and was one of the few Conservatives Members of Parliament to survive the resulting backlash in the province of Quebec in 1887. Louis Riel (22 October 1844 &ndash 16 November 1885 in English was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk He was promised the post of Lieutenant Governor of Quebec by the new Conservative Prime Minister John Abbott if he stepped down as Minister of Public Works. A Lieutenant Governor is a high officer of state whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC ( March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was the third Prime Minister Langevin stepped down in 1891 but Abbott appointed Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau instead. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, PC ( 9 November, 1840 &ndash 13 June, 1898) born in Sainte-Thérèse Quebec, was a In 1891 he was implicated with Thomas McGreevy in what became known as the "McGreevy-Langevin scandal" over kickbacks to McGreevy associated with federal contracts granted to him by the department of public works overseen by Langevin. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the Canadian politician For the Irish poet see Thomas MacGreevy. He joined the backbenches and then left politics in 1896.
The Langevin Block on Parliament Hill was named in his honour. The Langevin Block is an Office building facing Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. Parliament Hill (colloquially The Hill, French Colline du Parlement) is a scenic location on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- Parliament of Canada biography
- National Library of Canada biography
| Parliament of Canada | ||
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| Preceded by None |
Member of Parliament from Dorchester 1867–1874 |
Succeeded by Fortunat Rouleau |
| Preceded by Pierre Alexis Tremblay |
Member of Parliament from Charlevoix 1876–1878 |
Succeeded by Pierre Alexis Tremblay |
| Preceded by William McDougall |
Member of Parliament from Three Rivers 1878–1892 |
Succeeded by District abolished |
| Preceded by Joseph-Aimé Massue |
Member of Parliament from Richelieu 1891 |
Succeeded by Arthur Aimé Bruneau |
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