Antonin Galipeault (August 7, 1879 – May 12, 1971) was a Québécois

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Biography

Antonin Galipeault studied at a seminary in

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and at

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, later being admitted to the

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in 1900. He worked as a lawyer alongside Joseph-Napoléon Francoeur and Louis Saint-Laurent, and later became president of the

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. After a first tentative role as provincial deputy in 1904, he became municipal councillor for

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. He was elected deputy of Bellechasse in 1909, and was re-elected in 1912, 1916, 1919, 1923 and 1927. He was notably

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from 1916 to 1919 and minister of public works under Louis-Alexandre Taschereau. He left political life in 1930 to become chief judge of the

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. While the post of

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was vacant between 1950 and 1953, he administered the

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. He retired in 1963, and died in

on May 12, 1971. Two bridges were named after him: a major autoroute bridge in

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, and a covered bridge in

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. He received an honorary doctorate from

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in 1925.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gallipeault, Antonin Members of the Executive Council of Quebec Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Lawyers in Quebec Judges in Quebec 1879 births 1971 deaths Quebec City councillors Vice presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Université Laval alumni 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec

Biography

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