Alphonse Bernier (April 7, 1861 – October 7, 1944) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and provincial politician. Born in Lévis,

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, Bernier studied at the

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, Collège de Lévis, and

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. He was admitted to the

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in 1883. He received a PhD in law from Université Laval in 1887 and was created a

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in 1903. He practiced law in Quebec City and was a professor of commercial and maritime law at Université Laval from 1889 to 1934. He was mayor of Lévis from 1907 to 1917. He ran unsuccessfully as the

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candidate in the 1890 provincial elections in the riding of Dorchester and the

candidate in the 1900 federal elections in the riding of Montmagny. He was elected to the

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for Lévis in

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. He was defeated in

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and was also defeated in the 1917 federal election in Lévis. From 1921 to 1942, he was a judge of the Court of King's Bench. He died in Lévis, Quebec in 1944 and was buried in the Mont-Marie Cemetery in Lévis.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bernier, Alphonse 1861 births 1944 deaths Canadian King's Counsel Candidates in the 1917 Canadian federal election Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Judges in Quebec Lawyers in Quebec Mayors of Lévis, Quebec Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Université Laval alumni Academic staff of Université Laval