Hector Champagne

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

Hector Champagne (February 18, 1862 June 29, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

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. 1 2 "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.


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