Pierre-Émile Côté Explained

Pierre-Émile Côté
Constituency Mp:Bonaventure
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Charles Marcil
Successor:J.-Alphée Poirier
Term Start:1937
Term End:1939
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Bonaventure
Predecessor2:Joseph-Fabien Bugeaud
Successor2:Henri Jolicoeur
Term Start2:1924
Term End2:1936
Predecessor3:Henri Jolicoeur
Successor3:Henri Jolicoeur
Term Start3:1939
Term End3:1944
Birth Date:7 December 1887
Birth Place:Lévis, Quebec
Death Place:Quebec City, Quebec
Party:Quebec Liberal Party
Otherparty:Liberal Party of Canada

Pierre-Émile Côté (December 7, 1887  - August 3, 1950) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Lévis, Quebec, the son of Pierre Côté and Joséphine Émond, Côté was educated at the Séminaire de Québec, the Académie commerciale de Québec, Collège de Lévis, and the Université Laval in Quebec City. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1913. He practised law in New Carlisle from 1919 to 1942.

He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the Liberals in a 1924 by-election for Bonaventure. He was acclaimed in 1927 and re-elected in 1931 and 1935. He was Minister of Highways from March to August 1936; however, he was defeated in 1936. He then turned to federal politics and was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the Liberals in a 1937 by-election for Bonaventure. However, he resigned in 1939 to return to provincial politics and was elected in the 1939 Quebec general election. He was Minister of Lands and Forests, Fish and Game from 1941 to 1942. He resigned in 1942 when he was appointed a judge of the Quebec Superior Court.

He died in Quebec City in 1950.

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