Jérémie-Louis Décarie, (August 30, 1870 – November 5, 1927) was a

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lawyer, politician, and judge in the province of Quebec. Born in

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, the son of

Daniel-Jérémie Décarie Daniel-Jérémie Décarie (March 20, 1836 – October 30, 1904) was a Canadian politician. Born in Montreal, the son of Jérémie Descary and Apolline Gougeon, Décarie was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral dist ...

and Philomène Leduc, Décarie was educated at Sainte-Marie College and at the Université Laval in Montreal. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1896 and was created a

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in 1904. He

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, first in the office of E. Barnard and later with Mercier, Gouin & Lemieux. He later became a partner in the firm of Gouin, Lemieux & Decarie. In 1903 he formed a partnership with A. Decary under the firm name of Decarie & Decary. He was an unsuccessful

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candidate to the

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for the riding of

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in the 1900 federal election. He was elected to the

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for the electoral district of Hochelaga in the 1904 election. A

, he was re-elected in

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, and

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. In 1909, he was the Minister of Agriculture in the cabinet of Lomer Gouin. From 1909 to 1919, he was the Provincial Secretary. He did not run in

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. He was appointed a judge in 1919. He died in Montreal in 1927 and was buried in the

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. The geographic township of Décarie in Sainte-Anne-du-Lac was named after him, and Décarie Boulevard in Montreal is named after his family.

References

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