Charles Langelier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Sainte-Rosalie, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
About Charles Langelier
- Charles Langelier (23 August 1850 – 7 February 1920) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, journalist, and author. Born in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada, the son of Louis-Sébastien Langelier and Julie-Esther Casault, Langelier attended the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe, the Petit Séminaire de Québec, and Université Laval.
- He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1875 and practised law in Quebec City. From 1878 to 1881, he was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Montmorency.
- He was defeated in 1881 and again in 1886.
- He was also defeated when he ran for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada in the electoral district of Montmorency in the 1882 election.
- He was elected in the 1887 election.
- A Liberal, he resigned in 1890 to return to Quebec politics and was appointed president of the Executive Council.
- he would also serve as provincial secretary and registrar.
- He was defeated in 1892 and in 1897.
- He was elected again in 1898 and served until 1901 when he was appointed Quebec district sheriff.
- In 1910, he became a judge of the Court of Sessions of the Peace. From 1883 to 1886, he was the co-owner and co-editor of L'Électeur, one of the first Liberal newspapers published in Quebec.He also wrote the following works: Éloge de l'agriculture (1891), Lord Russel de Killowen à Québec (1896), John Buckworth Parkin, avocat et conseil de la reine (1897), Souvenirs politiques de 1878 à 1890, récits, études et portraits (1909), la Confédération, sa genèse, son établissement (1916) and La Procédure criminelle d'après le code et la jurisprudence (1916). He died in 1920.
- His brother, François Charles Stanislas Langelier, was also a Quebec politician.
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