Édouard-Charles St-Père Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Édouard-Charles St-Père
Birth Date:1876 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Party:Liberal
Office:Senator for De Lanaudière
Term Start:9 February 1940
Term End:31 January 1950
Appointed:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Predecessor:Joseph Philippe Baby Casgrain
Successor:Sarto Fournier
Office2:Member of Parliament for Hochelaga
Term Start2:December 1921
Term End2:February 1940
Predecessor2:Joseph-Edmond Lesage
Successor2:Raymond Eudes
Spouse:1) Antoinette Collet
m. 13 May 1905 (d.)
2) Anna Gingras[1]
Occupation:journalist

Édouard-Charles St-Père (24 September 1876  - 31 January 1950) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Sainte-Mélanie, Quebec at Joliette County and became a journalist who was with the newspaper Le Canada for two decades.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Hochelaga riding in the 1921 general election then re-elected in 1925, 1926, 1930 and 1935. In 1940, St-Père was appointed to the Senate for the De Lanaudière, Quebec division and remained a Senator until his death on 31 January 1950 at his Westmount, Quebec residence after ailing for a considerable time with an undisclosed condition.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Canadian Parliamentary Guide . A.L. . Normandin . 1936. 1940.
  2. News: Senator St. Pere . . The Canadian Press . The Canadian Press . 1 February 1950 . 2 .