Ernest Bertrand | |
Constituency Mp: | Laurier |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | District was created in 1933 |
Successor: | J.-Eugène Lefrançois |
Term Start: | 1935 |
Term End: | 1949 |
Birth Date: | 14 December 1888 |
Birth Place: | Somerset, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Ernest Bertrand, (December 14, 1888 - October 11, 1958) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Somerset, Quebec, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the Quebec riding of Laurier in the 1935 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1940, 1945, and 1949. He was the Minister of Fisheries, Minister of Fisheries (Acting), and Postmaster General in the cabinet of Mackenzie King.
A lawyer by training, he had served as Senior Crown Prosecutor before entering politics, and had been an associate of Charles Trudeau.[1]