Raoul Dandurand (November 4, 1861 – March 11, 1942) was a

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politician and longtime organizer in

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for the

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Dandurand graduated from the Faculty of Law at

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in Montreal, and worked as a corporate lawyer in Quebec. Dandurand, a Montreal lawyer, was appointed to the

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in 1898 by Sir

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. He served as

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from 1905 to 1909 and was either Leader of the Government in the Canadian Senate or Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate from 1921 until 1942. As Government Leader in the Senate he served in every Cabinet formed by

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from 1921 until Dandurand's death in 1942. He also served as President of the

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Assembly in 1925 and was Canada's delegate to the League's council from 1927 to 1930. He is perhaps best remembered for having said, in 1927, that in international affairs Canada was “a fireproof house, far from inflammable materials.” King relied heavily on Dandurand and Ernest Lapointe for advice on

as well as on international affairs and it was Dandurand who suggested

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for King's Cabinet after Lapointe's death. After his death, he was entombed at the

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in Montreal.

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In January 1886, Dandurand married Joséphine Marchand, daughter of Quebec

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and dramatist Hon Félix-Gabriel Marchand and his wife, Marie Herselie Turgeon. Josephine was born in Saint-Jean-d'Iberville, and was educated at the Convent of Les Dames de la Congregation de Notre Dame a branch of Villa-Maria. Her literary works included dramatic pieces, papers and essays on subjects of public interest and in relation to women's duties, rights and place. She founded and edited ''Le Coin du Feu'', a women's paper. They were parents to daughter Gabrielle-Marie-Melinda Dandurand (1886–1933). She was a member and office-bearer of the

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, in which she advanced practical schemes for the promotion of the industrial and fine arts in Canada and the establishment of a Department of Art. She was a member and office-bearer of the Women's Historical Society, the Victorian Order of Nurses. She was President of the Crèche of the Sisters of Mercy,

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. In 1898, she was created an Officier Academic by the French government. In 1900, she was appointed as a Commissioner from the Canadian government of Canada to the Paris Exposition in Ottawa. In March 1903, she delivered an address before the Alliance française on "La Sociabilite."

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