Frederick Debartzch Monk, (April 6, 1856 – May 15, 1914) was a

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lawyer and politician. Born in

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

, Monk was the son of The Hon. Mr Justice Samuel Cornwallis Monk (1814–1888) and Rosalie Caroline Debartzch (1819–1889), daughter of The Hon.

Pierre-Dominique Debartzch Pierre-Dominique Debartzch (September 22, 1782 – September 6, 1846) was a lawyer, seigneur, newspaper owner and political figure in Lower Canada. He was born in Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu in 1782, the son of a merchant of Polish descent, ...

. His grandmother, Anne (Gugy) Monk was a daughter of Col. The Hon.

Louis Gugy Lt.-Colonel The Hon. Jean-Georges-Barthélemy-Guillaume-Louis Gugy (January 1770 – July 17, 1840) represented Saint-Maurice in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and the Legislative Council of Lower Canada. In his early years at Trois-Riv ...

. He received a

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degree in 1877 from

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and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1878. From 1888 to 1914, he taught in the faculty of law at the

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. In 1893, he was made a

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. Monk was first elected to the

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1896 Events January–March * January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers. * January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state. * January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...

as a

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Member of Parliament for the riding of

Jacques Cartier Jacques Cartier ( , also , , ; br, Jakez Karter; 31 December 14911 September 1557) was a French-Breton maritime explorer for France. Jacques Cartier was the first European to describe and map the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the shores of th ...

. He was re-elected in

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

1904 Events January * January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''. * January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system. * ...

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

, and

1911 A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...

. He resigned from Cabinet on October 28, 1912, after disagreeing with Sir Robert Borden over the refusal of a referendum on Canadian purchase of three dreadnought class ships for Laurier's " Tin Pot Navy." From 1911 to 1912, he was the

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. Monk continued as a backbench MP, though his relations with the Conservative Party were increasingly strained, until March 2, 1914, when he resigned from the House of Commons due to ill health. He died two months later and was entombed at the

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery (french: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges) is a rural cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada which was founded in 1854. The entrance and the grounds run a ...

in Montreal. His son,

Frederick Arthur Monk Frederick Arthur Monk (July 16, 1884 – February 16, 1954) was a Quebec politician. Background He was born in Montreal on July 16, 1884 and was the son of Frederick Debartzch Monk. Member of the legislature He was elected as the Action ...

, was a member of the

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from 1935 to 1936. By-election: On Mr. Monk being appointed Minister of Public Works, 10 October 1911

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* * 1856 births 1914 deaths Canadian people of Polish descent Canadian legal scholars Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Politicians from Montreal Academic staff of Université Laval Canadian King's Counsel Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery {{Conservative18671942-Quebec-MP-stub

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