Paul Desruisseaux (May 1, 1905 – February 2, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician.

Life and career

Desruisseaux was born in

Sherbrooke Sherbrooke ( , ) is a city in southern Quebec, Canada. It is at the confluence of the Saint-François River, Saint-François and Magog River, Magog rivers in the heart of the Estrie administrative region. Sherbrooke is also the name of a territ ...

, Quebec, on May 1, 1905. He studied law at the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

and was called to the Quebec bar in 1934. He was the owner of ''La Tribune'', a daily newspaper in Sherbrooke, CHLT radio station, CKTS radio station, and television station CHLT-TV. In 1966, he was summoned to the

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on the advice of Lester Pearson. A

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, he represented the senatorial division of Wellington, Quebec. That same year, he helped raise $230,000 in funding for a new hospital of Lily Butters. He retired on his 75th birthday in 1980. He died on February 2, 1982.

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1905 births 1982 deaths Businesspeople from Sherbrooke Canadian senators from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada senators Politicians from Sherbrooke Université de Montréal alumni Canadian businesspeople 20th-century members of the Senate of Canada {{Quebec-senator-stub