Ernest Bertrand, (December 14, 1888 – October 11, 1958) was a
Canadian
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politician.
Born in
Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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,
Quebec
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, he was first elected to the
House of Commons of Canada
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representing the Quebec riding of
Laurier
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier, ( ; ; November 20, 1841 – February 17, 1919) was a Canadian lawyer, statesman, and politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. The first French Canadian prime minist ...
in the
1935 federal election. A
Liberal
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* an adherent of a Liberal Party
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, he was re-elected in
1940
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Events
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January
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,
1945
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Events
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Januar ...
, and
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
. He was the
Minister of Fisheries, Minister of Fisheries (Acting), and Postmaster General in the cabinet of
Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian statesman and politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Canada for three non-consecutive terms from 1921 to 1926, 1926 to 1930, and 1935 to 1948. A Li ...
.
A lawyer by training, he had served as Senior Crown Prosecutor before entering politics, and had been an associate of
Charles Trudeau.
References
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1888 births
1958 deaths
Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
20th-century Canadian lawyers
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