Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier (October 5, 1887 – August 26, 1956) was a

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lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented

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in the

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from 1921 to 1935 and Ottawa East from 1935 to 1936 as a

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member.

Biography

He was born in

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, Ontario in 1887, the son of Eugene Louis Chevrier and Delia St-Jacques. Chevrier was educated at the

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and

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. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1912 and the Quebec bar in 1914. In 1914, he married Eugénie, the daughter of Charles Champagne. After the death of his first wife, Chevrier married Juliette Nantel in 1918. They had three daughters: Regine, Louise and Marie-Helene. He was named a

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in Quebec in 1928. Chevrier resigned his seat in 1936 when he was named to the

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division of the Supreme Court of Ontario. In 1953, he was named to the

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. In his limited spare time, he was an active outdoorsman, who enjoyed hunting and fishing at his cottage on Lac Profond, near

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. The road he built to his cottage is named after him. He died near Blue Sea Lake in western Quebec in 1956, and was buried at Notre-Dame Cemetery. Juliette Nantel died in 1966.

References

* ''Histoire d'Ottawa et de sa population canadienne-française'', vol 4, 1926–1950, G. Lamoureux (1989)

External links

* 1887 births 1956 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Judges in Ontario Canadian King's Counsel {{Liberal-Ontario-MP-stub