- Antonin Galipeault
Antonin Galipeault (
7 August 1879 in Maskinongé -12 May 1971 in Québec) was a québécoispolitican ,lawyer andjudge .Biography
Antonin Galipeault studied at a seminary in Joliette and at
Université Laval , later entering theBar of Quebec in 1900.He worked as a lawyer alongside
Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur andLouis Saint-Laurent and later became president of thesociété Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Québec . After a first tentative role as provincial deputy in 1904, he became municipal councillor forQuébec City .He was elected deputy of Bellechasse in 1909, and was re-elected in 1912, 1916, 1919, 1923 and 1927. He was notably
President of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1916 to 1919 and minister of public works underLouis-Alexandre Taschereau .He left political life in 1930 to become chief judge of the
bench of the king's court . While the post ofLieutenant Governor of Quebec was free between 1950 and 1953, he administered theprovince of Québec .He retired in 1963, and died in Québec on
12 May 1971 . The Galipeault bridge inGrande-Vallée is named in his honour. He received an honourary doctorate fromUniversité Laval in 1925.ee also
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Bellechasse (provincial electoral district)
*Louis-Alexandre Taschereau government
*Lomer Gouin government
*Parti libéral du Québec
*President of the National Assembly of Quebec External links and documents
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/g-i/galia.htm Antonin Galipeault] — National assembly of Quebec
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