Arthur Godbout (December 13, 1872 – March 12, 1932) was a

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lawyer, politician, and judge. Born in

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, Godbout studied at the

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and the Université Laval à Montréal. He was called to the

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in 1898 and was created a

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in 1912. He was a lawyer in Saint-Georges-Est and Saint-Joseph. He was elected to the

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for

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in a 1902 by-election. A

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, he was re-elected in 1908 and 1912. He was acclaimed in 1916 and re-elected in 1919. In 1921, he was appointed a judge for the district court in Beauce.

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