Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Alfred Duranleau | |
Constituency Mp: | Chambly-Verchères |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Aimé Langlois |
Successor: | The electoral district was abolished in 1933. |
Term Start: | 1930 |
Term End: | 1935 |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Laurier |
Predecessor2: | Ernest Poulin |
Successor2: | Ernest Poulin |
Term Start2: | 1923 |
Term End2: | 1927 |
Birth Date: | 1 November 1871 |
Birth Place: | Farnham, Quebec |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Resting Place: | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
Party: | Conservative |
Otherparty: | Conservative Party of Quebec |
Cabinet: | Minister of Marine (1930–1935) Minister of Fisheries (Acting) (1932–1934) |
Alfred Duranleau, (November 1, 1871 - March 11, 1951) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.
Born in Farnham, Quebec, the son of Napoléon Duranleau and Adélaïde Patenaude, he was educated as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1897.
In 1923, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Montréal-Laurier. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1927.
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Chambly-Verchères in the 1930 federal election. A Conservative, he was the Minister of Marine from 1930 to 1935 and the Minister of Fisheries (Acting) from 1932 to 1934. From 1935 until his death in 1951, he was a judge on the Superior Court of Quebec. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]