Élie Beauregard Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Élie Beauregard
Office:Senator for Rougemont, Quebec
Predecessor:Rodolphe Lemieux
Successor:Henri Courtemanche
Term Start:1940
Term End:1954
Birth Date:8 July 1884
Birth Place:La Patrie, Quebec, Canada
Party:Liberal
Portfolio:Speaker of the Senate (1949-1953)

Élie Beauregard, (July 8, 1884  - August 27, 1954) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.[1]

Born in La Patrie, Quebec, he studied law and was admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1909. Active in the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec, he was called to the Senate of Canada in 1940 representing the senatorial division of Rougemont, Quebec. He died in office in 1954. From 1949 to 1953, he was the Speaker of the Senate of Canada.

Notes and References

  1. Jean-Guy Genest Godbout Page 354 "Le sénateur Élie Beauregard, qui était organisateur du Parti libéral pour la région de Montréal, eut sans doute son mot à dire dans la désignation de Perrier comme candidat (Wilfrid Girouard, entrevue, 28 août 1975)"