Thomas-Jean-Jacques Loranger, (February 2, 1823 – August 18, 1885) was a Quebec judge and political figure. He was born in

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in Lower Canada in 1823. He studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet, then articled in law with

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and was called to the bar in 1844. Loranger first practiced at Trois-Rivières, later joined the office of Lewis Thomas Drummond in Montreal and, in 1858, opened an office with his brothers Louis-Onésime and Jean-Marie. He was named Queen's Counsel in 1854. Loranger was elected to the

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for Laprairie in 1854; he was reelected in 1857. He served on the

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as secretary for

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. He opposed the idea of a double majority, where legislation must be approved by a majority of the representatives from both provinces, but believed that legislation affecting one province should be approved by a majority in that province. He supported Montreal as a capital and opposed the choice of

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; this led to the resignation of the government of John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier in 1858. Loranger continued as a member in the legislature until he was named judge in the

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in 1863. In 1873, he published the first volume of ''Commentaire sur le Code civil du Bas-Canada'', a discussion of the civil code of Quebec; a second volume was published in 1879 but the work was never completed. He also contributed articles to legal journals of the time. In 1877, he was named to head a commission to codify the general statutes of Quebec. Loranger retired in 1879 and became professor at the Université Laval. In 1883 and 1884, he published a two volume work on the federal constitution. He died in Sainte-Pétronille in 1885 and was buried in the Côte-des-Neiges cemetery in Montreal.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Loranger, Thomas-Jean-Jacques 1823 births 1885 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Judges in Quebec People from Mauricie Canadian King's Counsel