François Langelier Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
François Langelier
Office:10th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
Predecessor:Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
Successor:Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
Premier:Lomer Gouin
Term Start:May 5, 1911
Term End:February 8, 1915
Constituency Mp2:Quebec-Centre
Parliament2:Canadian
Predecessor2:Joseph-Guillaume Bossé
Successor2:Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin
Term Start2:February 22, 1887
Term End2:January 13, 1898
Constituency Mp3:Mégantic
Parliament3:Canadian
Predecessor3:Louis-Israël Côté dit Fréchette
Successor3:Georges Turcot
Term Start3:June 10, 1884
Term End3:February 22, 1887
Office4:Mayor of Quebec City
Predecessor4:Jean-Docile Brousseau
Successor4:Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont
Term Start4:1882
Term End4:1890
Office5:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Portneuf
Predecessor5:Praxède Larue
Successor5:Jean-Docile Brousseau
Term Start5:May 1, 1878
Term End5:December 2, 1881
Office6:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montmagny
Predecessor6:Télesphore Fournier
Successor6:Auguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry
Term Start6:December 16, 1873
Term End6:July 7, 1875
Birth Date:24 December 1838
Birth Place:Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada
Nationality:Canadian
Party:Liberal
Relations:Charles Langelier, brother
Children:9 (3 of whom died young)
Profession:politician

Sir François Langelier, (24 December 1838  - 8 February 1915) was a Canadian lawyer, professor, journalist, politician, the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, and author. He was born in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada (now Quebec) and died in Spencer Wood, Sillery, Quebec.

In 1871, he was an unsuccessful candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bagot. A Liberal, he was elected in an 1873 by-election for the riding of Montmagny. He was defeated in 1875 but was re-elected in 1878 for the riding of Portneuf. He was Commissioner of Crown Lands and Provincial Treasurer from 1878 to 1879. He was defeated in 1881. From 1880 to 1890, he was a municipal councillor in Quebec City and was mayor from 1882 to 1890.

He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Mégantic in an 1884 by-election, after the results for the 1882 election were declared void. He was re-elected for Quebec-Centre in the 1887, 1891, and 1896 elections. He resigned in 1898 when he was appointed a puisne judge of the Quebec Superior Court for the district of Montreal.

He was knighted in 1907 and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1909. He was made a knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England in 1912 and a knight of the Order of St Michael and St George on 31 December 1913.

From 1911 to his death, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

His brother Charles Langelier was also an MP from 1887 to 1890.

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