Valmore Bienvenue KC (July 12, 1894 – February 19, 1952) was a lawyer and political figure in

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. He represented Bellechasse in the

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from 1939 to 1948 as a

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. Bienvenue was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly in 1942. He was born in

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, the son of Hormisdas Bienvenue and Angéline Beaupré. Bienvenue was educated at the Collège Sacré-Coeur in Saint-Hyacinthe, at the Séminaire Saint-Charles Borromée and the Université Laval. He was called to the

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in 1917 and set up practice in

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. Bienvenue practised in partnership with Élisée Thériault,

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, Henri-Paul Drouin and

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. He was named

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in 1927. Bienvenue served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Hunting and Fishing from 1942 to 1944. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1948. He served as judge in the

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for Quebec district from 1950 to 1952. Bienvenue was married twice: first to Eugénie Masse and then, in 1925, to Charlotte Langlois. He died in

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at the age of 57 and was buried in the Cimetière Notre-Dame-de-Belmont at Sainte-Foy. His son

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also served in the Quebec assembly.

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* Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Politicians from Nashua, New Hampshire Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Judges in Quebec Canadian King's Counsel 1894 births 1952 deaths Vice Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Université Laval alumni American emigrants to Canada {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub