Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Jacques Bureau | |
Office: | 8th Senator for La Salle, Quebec |
Term Start: | September 5, 1925 |
Term End: | January 23, 1933 |
Nominator: | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Predecessor: | Joseph Godbout |
Successor: | Lucien Moraud |
Office2: | Minister of Customs and Excise |
Term Start2: | December 29, 1921 |
Term End2: | September 4, 1925 |
Primeminister2: | William Lyon Mackenzie King |
Predecessor2: | John Babington Macaulay Baxter |
Successor2: | Georges Henri Boivin |
Order3: | 6th |
Office3: | Solicitor General of Canada |
Term Start3: | February 14, 1907 |
Term End3: | October 6, 1911 |
Primeminister3: | Sir Wilfrid Laurier |
Predecessor3: | Rodolphe Lemieux |
Successor3: | Arthur Meighen |
Office4: | Member of the House of Commons of Canada |
Term Start4: | November 7, 1900 |
Term End4: | September 5, 1925 |
Predecessor4: | Sir Adolphe-Philippe Caron |
Successor4: | Arthur Bettez |
Constituency4: | Three Rivers and St. Maurice |
Birth Date: | 9 July 1860 |
Birth Place: | Trois-Rivières, Canada East |
Party: | Liberal |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Jacques Bureau, (July 9, 1860 - January 23, 1933) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Trois-Rivières, Canada East, the son of J. Napoleon Bureau and Sophie Gingras, Bureau was educated at Nicolet College and received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1881 from Laval University. A lawyer, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Three Rivers and St. Maurice in the 1900 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1904, 1908, 1911, 1917, and 1921. From 1907 to 1911, he was the Solicitor General of Canada. From 1921 to 1925, he was the Minister of Customs and Excise. In 1925, after his involvement in the King-Byng Affair, he was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of La Salle, Quebec. He served until his death in 1933.