Sir François Langelier, (24 December 1838 – 8 February 1915) was a

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lawyer, professor, journalist, politician, the tenth

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, and author. He was born in

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(now

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) and died in Spencer Wood, Sillery, Quebec. In 1871, he was an unsuccessful candidate to the

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for the riding of Bagot. A

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, he was elected in an 1873 by-election for the riding of Montmagny. He was defeated in 1875 but was re-elected in 1878 for the riding of Portneuf. He was Commissioner of Crown Lands and Provincial Treasurer from 1878 to 1879. He was defeated in 1881. From 1880 to 1890, he was a municipal councillor in

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and was

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from 1882 to 1890. He was elected to the

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for Mégantic in an 1884 by-election, after the results for the 1882 election were declared void. He was re-elected for

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in the

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, and

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elections. He resigned in 1898 when he was appointed a

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of the

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for the district of Montreal. He was knighted in 1907 and was elected to the

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in 1909. He was made a knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England in 1912 and a knight of the

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on 31 December 1913. From 1911 until his death in 1915, he was the

. His brother,

Charles Langelier Charles Langelier (23 August 1850 – 7 February 1920) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, journalist, and author. Born in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada, the son of Louis-Sébastien Langelier and Julie-Esther Casault, Langelier attende ...

was also an MP from 1887 to 1890.

Electoral record

References

* Jocelyn Saint-Pierre,
LANGELIER, Sir FRANÇOIS
, in ''

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'', vol. 14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–. * * * Francis-J. Audet et al.,
Les Lieutenants-Gouverneurs de la province de Québec
(in French), in ''Les Cahiers des Dix'', volume 27, 1962, p. 239–241. {{DEFAULTSORT:Langelier, Francois 1838 births 1915 deaths Canadian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Lieutenant Governors of Quebec Mayors of Quebec City Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Judges in Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Université Laval faculty Université Laval alumni