Rodolphe Monty Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Rodolphe Monty
Office:Secretary of State for Canada
Predecessor:Henry Lumley Drayton
Term Start:September 21, 1921
Term End:December 28, 1921
Birth Date:30 November 1874
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Party:Conservative

Rodolphe Monty (November 30, 1874 – December 1, 1928) was a Canadian politician.

Early life

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Monty was educated in law at Université Laval and McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1897 and was created a King's Counsel in 1909.

Political career

In September 1921, Monty was appointed Secretary of State of Canada in the cabinet of Arthur Meighen. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1921 federal election in the riding of Beauharnois. He was also defeated in the riding of Laurier—Outremont in the 1925 election.

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