Joseph William Comeau Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Joseph Willie Comeau
Office:Senator for Nova Scotia
Appointed:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Term Start:December 1, 1948
Term End:January 10, 1966
Office2:MLA for Digby County
Term Start2:February 19, 1907
Term End2:June 25, 1925
Predecessor2:Ambroise-Hilaire Comeau
Successor2:William Hudson Farnham
Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
Term Start3:October 1, 1928
Term End3:June 9, 1949
Predecessor3:William Hudson Farnham
Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau
Successor3:E. Keith Potter
Birth Name:Joseph William Comeau
Birth Date:12 March 1876
Birth Place:Comeauville, Nova Scotia, Canada
Death Place:Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
Spouse:Grace Sheehan
Zoé Doucet
Party:Liberal
Occupation:Fish merchant, teacher

Joseph William (Willie) Comeau (March 12, 1876  - January 11, 1966) was a Canadian educator and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada. He represented Digby County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1907 to 1925 and from 1928 to 1948 as a Liberal member. Comeau sat for Clare division in the Senate of Canada from 1948 to 1966.

Early life and education

He was born in Comeauville, Nova Scotia, the son of Louis Comeau and Catherine Bourneuf, and was educated at the Collège Sainte-Anne.[1]

Political career

Comeau served as a minister without portfolio in the province's Executive Council from 1911 to 1917, from 1921 to 1925 and from 1933 to 1948. He was a member of the Nova Scotia Legislative Council from 1925 to 1928. Comeau resigned his seat in the provincial assembly in 1917 to run unsuccessfully for a seat in the House of Commons.

Death

He died in office at the age of 89 in Yarmouth.

Personal life

Comeau was married twice: first to Grace Sheehan and then, after her death, to Zoé Doucet.[1] His son, Benoit Comeau served as the MLA for Clare from 1967 to 1981 and his grandson Robert Thibault served in the House of Commons from 2000 to 2008.

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Notes and References

  1. http://centreacadien.usainteanne.ca/mg5_williejcomeau.htm Fonds Willie J. Comeau, Archives du centre acadien de l'université Sainte-Anne