Antonio Barrette

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Antonio J. Barrette

| image = Antonio Barrette.png

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|5|26|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Joliette, Quebec, Canada

| residence =

| death_date = {{death date and age |1968|12|15|1899|05|26}}

| death_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| order = 18th Premier of Quebec

| term_start = January 8, 1960

| term_end = July 5, 1960

| monarch = Elizabeth II

| lieutenant_governor = Onésime Gagnon

| predecessor = Paul Sauvé

| successor = Jean Lesage

| office1 = MNA for Joliette

| term_start1 = August 17, 1936

| term_end1 = September 15, 1960

| predecessor1 = Lucien Dugas

| successor1 = Gaston Lambert

| party = Union Nationale

| spouse = {{marriage|Marie-Estelle Guilbault|1924}}

| profession = Machinist, Insurance broker

}}

Antonio J. Barrette (May 26, 1899 – December 15, 1968) was a Canadian politician born in Joliette, Quebec, Canada, who served as the 18th premier of Quebec.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/antonio-j-barrette|title=Antonio Barrette {{!}} The Canadian Encyclopedia|website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca|access-date=2020-03-24}}

Member of the legislature

Barrette ran as a Conservative candidate in the provincial district of Joliette in the 1935 election but lost. He was elected as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election and was re-elected in the 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952 against Liberal Leader Georges-Émile Lapalme, 1956 and 1960 elections.

Cabinet Member

Barrette served as Minister of Labour in the Cabinets of Maurice Duplessis and Paul Sauvé from August 30, 1944, to January 8, 1960.

Premier of Quebec

After Sauvé's death, Barrette succeeded him as leader of the Union Nationale and as Premier of Quebec on January 8, 1960. He was the 18th premier of Quebec, but he held office for only six months. At the June 1960 election, he lost to Jean Lesage's Quebec Liberal Party.

Retirement

He resigned as both Leader of the Union Nationale and member of the National Assembly on September 15, 1960, and later served as Canadian ambassador to Greece from April 4, 1963, to July 12, 1966. He died in 1968 in Montreal.

References

External links

{{Quebec MNA biography|barrette-antonio-1853}}
[http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplPeople-en.asp?lan=1 Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada Complete List of Posts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001054017/http://www.international.gc.ca/department/history-histoire/hplPeople-en.asp?lan=1 |date=2018-10-01 }}

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Category:1899 births

Category:1968 deaths

Category:People from Joliette

Category:Politicians from Lanaudière