Louis-Joseph Gauthier, (March 21, 1866 – April 12, 1938) was a lawyer and political figure in

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. He represented

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in the

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from 1906 to 1908 and St. Hyacinthe and then St. Hyacinthe—Rouville in the

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from 1911 to 1921 as a Liberal.

Biography

He was born in

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, the son of Joseph Gauthier and Julie Généreux, and was educated at the Séminaire de Montréal and the

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at Montreal. Gauthier was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1889 and practised in Montreal,

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and

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. In 1901, he was named

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. Gauthier was a mayor of Laurentides in 1905. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in a 1906 by-election held after Joseph-Édouard Duhamel resigned his seat to accept an appointment. He was defeated by

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when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1908. Gauthier was defeated when he ran for reelection to the House of Commons in 1921 and was also unsuccessful in federal elections held in 1921, 1925, 1926 and 1930 and in a Quebec election held in 1927. Gauthier was married twice: to Marie-Amazilie Morency in 1893 and to Marie-Anne Desmarais in 1901. He died in Montreal at the age of 72 and was buried in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gauthier, Louis-Joseph 1866 births 1958 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec Politicians from Montreal Canadian King's Counsel Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec