Thomas-Alfred Bernier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Henryville, Quebec, Canada
About Thomas-Alfred Bernier
- Thomas-Alfred Bernier (August 15, 1844 – December 30, 1908) was a Canadian journalist, lawyer, and senator. Born in Saint-Georges-d'Henryville, County of Iberville, Quebec, the son of Thomas Bernier and Julia Létourneau, Bernier was educated at the College of St.
- Hyacinthe.
- He was married in August 1871 to Julia Malvina and they had ten children, three of whom died in infancy. He worked in journalism and was a lawyer who practiced for some years in St.
- John d'Iberville, and in 1880, he moved to Manitoba.
- He was Superintendent of Education for the Catholic schools in Manitoba from 1881 to 1890 until public funding for the Catholic schools was abolished.
- From 1881 to 1893, he was Registrar of the University of Manitoba.
- He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Provincial Agricultural Board, and Chairman of the Eastern Judicial District Board.
- Bernier was Mayor of St.
- Boniface in 1883, 1884, 1886, 1891, and 1897.
- He was also a Commissioner to revise the municipal law, and a Commissioner to inquire into the working of the law in connection with the sale of MĂ©tis lands.In 1892, he was appointed to the Senate on the advice of John Joseph Caldwell Abbott representing the senatorial division of St-Boniface, Manitoba.
- A Conservative, he died in office in 1908 after serving for 16 years.
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