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Frédéric Liguori Béique, PC (May 20, 1845 – September 12, 1933) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Frédéric Liguori Béique | |
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Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec | |
In office 1902–1933 | |
Appointed by | Wilfrid Laurier |
Preceded by | Joseph-Octave Villeneuve |
Succeeded by | Guillaume-André Fauteux |
Personal details | |
Born | St-Mathias, Canada East | May 20, 1845
Died | September 12, 1933 88) | (aged
Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
Political party | Liberal |
Committees | Chair, Special Committee on Civil Service (1924) |
Born in Saint-Mathias, Quebec, he was trained as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1868.[1] On 15 April 1875 at Saint-Jacques Cathedral in Montreal, he married Carolina-Angélina Dessaulles, with whom he would have ten children[2][3] From 1899 to 1905, he was the president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. In 1902, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1933. In 1932, Béique nominated Raoul Dandurand for the Nobel Prize in Peace.[1]
After his death in 1845, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[4]
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