Hector Champagne

Hector Champagne (February 18, 1862 – June 29, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician. He became Queen's Counsel and was educated at the University of Paris.

Hector Champagne
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Deux-Montagnes
In office 1897–1908
Preceded by	Benjamin Beauchamp
Succeeded by	Arthur Sauvé
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Mille-Isles
In office 1908–1941
Preceded by	François-Xavier Mathieu
Succeeded by	Francis Lawrence Connors
Personal details
Born	(1862-02-18)February 18, 1862 Saint-Eustache, Canada East
Died	June 29, 1941(1941-06-29) (aged 79) Saint-Laurent, Quebec
Political party	Liberal

Born in Saint-Eustache, Canada East, Champagne was educated at the Académie commerciale de Saint-Eustache, the Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, the Collège Bourget, the Université Laval à Montréal, and the University of Paris. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1886 and created a Queen's Counsel in 1899.^[1]

A lawyer, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in Deux-Montagnes in 1897. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1900 and acclaimed in 1904. He was defeated in 1908. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec for Mille-Isles in 1908. He died in office in Saint-Laurent, Quebec in 1941.^[1]

References

1. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.