Charles Bourgeois

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

{{For|the French physicist and painter|Charles Guillaume Alexandre Bourgeois}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Hon.

| name = Charles Bourgeois

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| office = Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec

| appointer = R. B. Bennett

| parliament = Canadian

| predecessor = Philippe-Jacques Paradis

| successor = Charles-Édouard Ferland

| term_start = 1935

| term_end = 1940

| constituency_MP2 = Three Rivers and St. Maurice

| parliament2 = Canadian

| predecessor2 = Arthur Bettez

| successor2 = District was abolished in 1933

| term_start2 = 1931

| term_end2 = 1935

| birth_date = {{birth date|1879|7|29}}

| birth_place = Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1940|5|15|1879|7|29}}

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| party = Conservative

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Charles Bourgeois (July 29, 1879 – May 15, 1940) was a politician in the Quebec, Canada. He served as a Member of Parliament and as a Senator.{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=9385|nolist=yes}}

Early life

He was born on July 29, 1879, in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie. He was an attorney.

Member of Parliament

He ran as a Conservative candidate to the House of Commons of Canada in 1926 in the district of Nicolet but lost. He won a seat in the district of Three Rivers and St. Maurice in a 1931 by-election, but did not run for re-election in 1935.

Senator

In 1935, Bourgeois was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett and served until his death. He represented the division of Shawinegan.

Death

He died in office on May 15, 1940.

Electoral record

{{CanElec1-by|10 August 1931}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Charles Bourgeois |13,539}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Wilfrid Gariépy |13,501}}

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