Arthur Plante Explained

Arthur Plante
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Beauharnois
Successor:Achille Bergevin
Term Start:1898
Term End:1900
Successor2:Edmund Arthur Robert
Term Start2:1908
Term End2:1912
Successor3:Louis-Joseph Papineau
Term Start3:1923
Term End3:1927
Birth Date:29 September 1869
Birth Place:Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Death Place:Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec
Party:Conservative

Arthur Plante, (September 29, 1869  - January 31, 1927) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Beauharnois in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1898 to 1900, from 1908 to 1912, and from 1923 to 1927 as a Conservative member.

He was born in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Quebec, the son of Moïse Plante and Hermine Bergevin, and was educated in Valleyfield at the Jesuit College in Montreal and at the Université Laval. Plante articled in law, was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1894, and practised in the Montreal and Beauharnois regions. In 1909, he was named King's Counsel. Plante was president of the Valleyfield Chamber of Commerce. He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1898 by-election held after Élie-Hercule Bisson accepted an appointment as prothonotary. Plante was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1900 and 1904. Reelected in 1908, he was defeated in 1912. He was elected again in 1923 and died in office at Salaberry-de-Valleyfield at the age of 57.

His cousins, Achille Bergevin and Célestin Bergevin, also represented Beauharnois in the Quebec assembly.