Jules-Édouard Prévost Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Jules-Édouard Prévost
Birth Date:1871 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, Canada
Spouse:Hermine Smith
m. 16 July 1912[1]
Constituency Mp:Terrebonne
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Gédéon Rochon
Successor:Louis-Étienne Parent
Term Start:December 1917
Term End:June 1930
Office2:Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec
Appointed2:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Term Start2:June 1930
Term End2:October 1943
Predecessor2:Napoléon Kemner Laflamme
Successor2:Armand Daigle
Profession:journalist, publisher
Party:Laurier Liberals
Liberal

Jules-Édouard Prévost (21 November 1871 – 13 October 1943) was a Laurier Liberal and Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and became a journalist and publisher.

Prévost attended Collège Saint-Suplice in Montreal then studied further in Paris and Rome. He was a director of the newspaper l'Avenir du Nord. In 1910, he became a member of Quebec's Council of Public Instruction and from 1914 to 1916 was president of the French Aid Society for Terrebonne County.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Terrebonne riding under the Laurier Liberals in the 1917 general election. After this, he was re-elected as a Liberal in 1921, 1925 and 1926.

During his term in the 16th Canadian Parliament, Prévost was appointed to the Senate on 3 June 1930 and remained in that role until his death on 13 October 1943.

His uncle was politician Wilfrid Prévost, father of politician Jean Prévost.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A.L. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1929 . Mortimer Company . Ottawa .