Louis-Rodolphe Roy (7 February 1858 – 14 May 1925) was a
Canadian
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lawyer, politician, and judge.
Born
Saint-Vallier,
Canada East
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, in the son of Nazaire Roy and Marie Letellier, Roy was educated 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.
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and received a Bachelor of Laws degree from the
Université Laval
Université Laval is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1852, with roots in the founding of the Séminaire de Québec in 1663 by François de Montmo ...
in 1883. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1883 and practiced law in
Quebec City
Quebec City ( or ; french: Ville de Québec), officially Québec (), is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Communauté métrop ...
. He was created a
King's Counsel
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in 1903 and received an honorary doctorate from the Université Laval in 1908.
He was first elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
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for the electoral district of
Kamouraska in
1897. A Liberal, he was re-elected in
1900
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, acclaimed in
1904
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, and re-elected in
1908. From 1905 to 1909, he was the Provincial Secretary and Registrar in the cabinet of
Lomer Gouin
Sir Jean Lomer Gouin, (March 19, 1861 – March 28, 1929) was a Canadian politician. He served as 13th premier of Quebec, as a Cabinet minister in the federal government of Canada, and as the 15th lieutenant governor of Quebec.
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. In 1909, he was appointed a judge of the Superior Court of the district of Rimouski. He retired in 1922.
He died in Quebec City in 1925 and was buried in the Notre-Dame-de-Belmont Cemetery in
Sainte-Foy, Quebec
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1858 births
1925 deaths
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Judges in Quebec
Université Laval alumni
Canadian King's Counsel
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