Hector Laferté, QC (November 8, 1885 – September 13, 1971) was a lawyer and political figure in

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. He represented Drummond in the

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from 1919 to 1934 as a member of the

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. Laferté was

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from 1924 to 1929. He was born in

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, Drummond County,

, the son of Joseph Laferté and Georgianna-Jeanne Tessier. Laferté was educated at the Collège de Nicolet and the

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, was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1909 and set up practice in

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in partnership with

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, Louis Saint-Laurent and

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, among others. He was parliamentary correspondent for ''La Libre parole''. In 1911, he married Irène Sénécal. In 1919, Laferté was named

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. He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in the 1916 election and was re-elected multiple times. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Colonization and Minister of Mines and Fisheries from 1929 to 1934. In 1934, Laferté resigned his seat in the Quebec assembly after being named to the

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for Stadacona division, serving until the council was abolished in 1968. He served as speaker for the council from 1934 to 1936, from 1940 to 1944 and from 1960 to 1966. He died in Quebec City at the age of 85 and was buried in

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References

External links

Hector Laferté, L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia, Marianopolis College
1885 births 1971 deaths Canadian King's Counsel Collège de Nicolet alumni Presidents of the Legislative Council of Quebec Presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MLCs Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Université Laval alumni Vice presidents of the National Assembly of Quebec 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub