Albert Beliveau (March 27, 1887 – 1971) of

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was a justice of the

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from March 3, 1954, to March 25, 1958. He was a Roman Catholic, and his son was Severin Beliveau.

Early life

Born in

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, to French-Canadian parents, Beliveau worked in local foundries and mills as a young man, before deciding to pursue a legal career. In 1906, he quit his job at the mill and went to work for a local law office, where he remained for three years as an office worker, while studying law on his own time. He received an LL.B. from the

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in 1911.Harrie B. Coe, ''Maine Biographies'' (1928), p. 299. Beliveau served in the

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in France during

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, "where his French-Canadian heritage and legal experience was helpful in negotiations with the French, who were qualified to receive reparations for their war claims".

Judicial career

In 1935, Governor

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appointed Beliveau to the Maine Superior Court. He was then appointed to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court by Governor

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, in 1954.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Beliveau, Albert Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court 1887 births 1971 deaths People from Lewiston, Maine University of Maine School of Law alumni American people of French-Canadian descent United States Army personnel of World War I 20th-century Maine state court judges Justices of the Maine Superior Court