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 | May 20, 1845 St-Mathias, Canada East |
| Died | September 12, 1933 (aged 88) |
| 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]
References
edit- ^ a b "The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Peace, 1901-1955".
- ^ Lamonde, Yvan (1994). Louis-Antoine Dessaulles, 1818–1895: un seigneur libéral et anticérical (in French). Ville Saint Laurent, Canada: Les Editions Fides. p. 238. ISBN 978-2-7621-1736-3.
- ^ Cohen, Yolande (2010). "Chapitre 4. Santé publique, care et professions féminines". Femmes philanthropes: Catholiques, protestantes et juives dans les organisations caritatives au Québec (1880-1945). Montreal, Canada: University of Montreal Press. p. 116. doi:10.4000/books.pum.4463. ISBN 978-2-821-89766-3. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
- ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
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