Jean Langlois (February 16, 1824 – March 8, 1886) was a
Quebec lawyer, professor and political figure. He represented
Montmorency in the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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as a
Conservative member from 1867 to 1878.
He was born in
Saint-Laurent on the
Île d'Orléans in 1824,
the son of
Jean Langlois and Marie Labrecque,
and studied at the
Séminaire de Québec
The Seminary of Quebec (French: Séminaire de Québec) is a Catholic community of diocesan priests in Quebec City founded by Bishop François de Laval, the first bishop of New France in 1663.
History
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. He was called to the bar in 1847 and became a
Queen's Counsel in 1867. Langlois was partner in a law firm in
Quebec City with
Louis-Napoléon Casault
Sir Louis-Napol̩on Casault (July 10, 1823 РMay 18, 1908) was a Quebec lawyer, judge, professor and political figure. He represented Bellechasse in the 1st Canadian Parliament from 1867 to 1870 as a Conservative member.
Biography
He was ...
. He was professor of criminal law at
Université Laval from 1858 to 1867. He was elected to the House of Commons in an 1867 by-election after
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon
Joseph-Édouard Cauchon, (December 31, 1816 – February 23, 1885) was a prominent Quebec politician in the middle years of the nineteenth-century. Although he held a variety of portfolios at the federal, provincial and municipal levels, h ...
was named to the Senate.
''The Canadian parliamentary companion'', HJ Morgan (1869)
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In 1870, Langlois married Mary Josephine Macdonald. He died in Quebec City at the age of 62.
References
1824 births
1886 deaths
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Canadian King's Counsel
Academic staff of Université Laval
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