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]