Charles Duquette Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Mayor
Charles Duquette
Order:33rd Mayor of Montreal
Term Start:1924
Term End:1926
Predecessor:Médéric Martin
Successor:Médéric Martin (returned)
Birth Date:25 July 1869
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Profession:Businessman

Charles Duquette (25 July 1869 – 30 December 1937) was a Canadian politician. He was the mayor of Montreal, Quebec, from 1924 to 1926.

Born in Montreal, he studied commercial studies at the Collège de Saint-Henri. He worked for the mutual insurance company L'Alliance nationale and eventually became its general manager and president in 1922. He defeated Médéric Martin to become mayor in 1924 and lost in 1926 to Martin.

He is buried in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.

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