Arthur Turcotte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Arthur Turcotte

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 19-Jan-1845

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1905

Profession: lawyer, politician, journalist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Arthur Turcotte

  • Arthur Turcotte (January 19, 1845 – October 12, 1905) was a Quebec lawyer, journalist and political figure. He was born Arthur-Henri-René Turcotte in Montreal in 1845, the son of Joseph-Édouard Turcotte.
  • He studied at the Jesuit Collège Sainte-Marie de Montréal and at Stonyhurst College in England.
  • He then studied law at the Université Laval and McGill and was called to the bar in 1867.
  • He began practice in Trois-Rivières.
  • In 1872, he served as parliamentary correspondent in the provincial assembly for Le Canadien.
  • In 1873, he became a member of the town council in Trois-Rivières and served as mayor from July 1876 to July 1877.
  • Turcotte was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Trois-Rivières in an 1876 by-election as an independent Conservative; he was reelected in 1878.
  • Turcotte served as speaker of the assembly from 1878 to 1882.
  • He was named Queen's Counsel in 1878.
  • In 1879, he helped found La Concorde, becoming its editor.
  • He was defeated in 1881, now running as a Liberal but, after his opponent was unseated because he was accused of bribery, won the seat in an 1884 by-election; he was reelected in 1886.
  • Turcotte condemned the actions of the federal government during the Northwest Rebellion, was part of the campaign in Quebec to save Louis Riel and supported autonomy for the Métis people.
  • In 1884, after La Concorde ceased publication, he helped establish a new newspaper, La Sentinelle.
  • In 1887, he was named minister without portfolio in the cabinet of Honoré Mercier and served as attorney general from 1888 to 1890.
  • He was defeated in the 1890 election.
  • Later that year, Turcotte was appointed protonotary for the Superior Court in Montreal district and served until his death in Montreal in 1905.
  • He was buried in Trois-Rivières. His brother Gustave-Adolphe served as a member of the House of Commons.

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