Rodolphe Boudreau Explained

Rodolphe Boudreau
Office:Clerk of the Privy Council
Predecessor:John Joseph McGee
Successor:Ernest Joseph Lemaire
Term Start:1907
Term End:1923
Birth Date:September 19, 1865
Birth Place:St. Gregoire, Canada East
Death Date:1923

Rodolphe Boudreau, (September 19, 1865  - 1923) was a Canadian civil servant. He was the Clerk of the Privy Council, the senior civil servant in the government and the Secretary to the Canadian Cabinet, from 1907 to 1923.

Born in St. Gregoire, Canada East, the son of J. B. Boudreau and Sarah Fortier, Boudreau was educated at Nicolet College and Laval University. He entered the civil service in 1896 and was Private Secretary to Wilfrid Laurier from 1889 to 1907. In 1900, he was appointed Assistant Clerk of the Privy Council and became Clerk of the Privy Council in 1907. He served as Clerk until his death in 1923.

He was named Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1918.

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