Edward Stuart McDougall (25 September 1886 – 14 February 1957) was a

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politician and judge. He was a judge on the

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and the

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. In 1936, McDougall was briefly the

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minister of finance in the first government of

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. McDougall was born in

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, Canada. He earned a law degree from

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and became a member of the Quebec bar in 1913. At the beginning of the

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, in 1914, he volunteered in Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry of the

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. He was sent to the front in 1915 and was wounded in 1917, after which he returned to Montreal. At the end of the war, McDougall was a major. In 1922, he married Katherine Eleanor Mackenzie. They had a daughter. In June 1936,

succeeded

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. Wanting to dissociate from old government, which was sullied by the scandals, Godbout sought out some non-politicians to serve in his

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. McDougall accepted Godbout's offer to become provincial treasurer (minister of finance). McDougall was sworn in on 27 June 1936 and immediately began campaigning for election to the

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in the 1936 election as a Liberal. McDougall ran in the constituency of Montreal-Saint-Laurent. On 17 August 1936, McDougall was beaten by

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, the Union Nationale candidate, by less than 200 votes. The Union Nationale won more seats than the Liberals, and Godbout's short term as premier also came to an end. In 1942, McDougall was appointed as a judge of the Court of King's Bench of Quebec (the former name of the

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), the highest appellate court in Quebec. In 1946, McDougall represented Canada as a judge on the

in Tokyo. McDougall died in Montreal. He was survived by his wife, daughter and 3 grandchildren.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:MacDougall, Edward Stuart 1886 births 1957 deaths Judges in Quebec Canadian military personnel of World War I Judges of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Members of the Executive Council of Quebec Lawyers from Montreal McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Canadian judges of international courts and tribunals 20th-century Canadian lawyers