Philémon Cousineau (October 25, 1874 – March 3, 1959) was a
Canadian
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politician born in
Saint-Laurent (today part of
Montreal
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).
Career
He was mayor of St-Laurent from 1905 to 1909, and
Quebec Conservative Party leader from 1915 to 1916. He resigned following his defeat in the 1916 Quebec provincial election in the riding of
Jacques-Cartier which he was the member for eight years. In 1920 he became a
Quebec Superior Court
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Jurisdictio ...
judge
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.
He became
Dean of the law faculty of the
University of Montreal
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and emeritus professor. He was an associate of Batonnier
De Sales Bastien, and became President of the Mount Royal Telephone Co. and of the St. Lawrence Tobacco Co., board director of Saraguay Light & Power Co., and member of the Canadian Club and Lafontaine Club of Montreal.
[ Guilot Cousineau alias Philomène, aspirant-chef du gouvernement de Québec, s.l., mai 1916, 32 pages]
See also
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Politics of Quebec
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List of Quebec general elections
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List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
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Timeline of Quebec history
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1874 births
1959 deaths
Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs
Judges in Quebec
20th-century mayors of places in Quebec
People from Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Lawyers in Quebec
Quebec political party leaders
Université Laval alumni
20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
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