Frédéric Liguori Béique, (May 20, 1845 – September 12, 1933) was a

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lawyer and politician. Born in Saint-Mathias,

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, he was trained as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1868. On 15 April 1875 at Saint-Jacques Cathedral in Montreal, he married Carolina-Angélina Dessaulles, with whom he would have ten children From 1899 to 1905, he was the president of the

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. In 1902, he was appointed to the

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representing senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1933. In 1932, Béique nominated

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for the Nobel Prize in Peace. After his death in 1845, he was entombed at the

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in Montreal.

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1845 births 1933 deaths Lawyers in Quebec Canadian senators from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Université de Montréal alumni Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada {{Quebec-senator-stub