Ernest Bertrand

{{Short description|Canadian lawyer and politician}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Ernest Bertrand

| honorific-suffix =

| image = Ernest Bertrand.jpg

| constituency_MP = Laurier

| parliament = Canadian

| predecessor = District was created in 1933

| successor = J.-Eugène Lefrançois

| term_start = 1935

| term_end = 1949

| birth_date = {{birth date|1888|12|14}}

| birth_place = Somerset, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|10|11|1888|12|14}}

| death_place =

| nationality =

| spouse =

| party = Liberal

| relations =

| children =

| residence =

| alma_mater =

| occupation =

| profession =

| religion =

}}

Ernest Bertrand, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (December 14, 1888 – October 11, 1958) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Somerset, Quebec, he was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the Quebec riding of Laurier in the 1935 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1940, 1945, and 1949. He was the Minister of Fisheries, Minister of Fisheries (Acting), and Postmaster General in the cabinet of Mackenzie King.

Image:16th Canadian Ministry.jpg

A lawyer by training, he had served as Senior Crown Prosecutor before entering politics, and had been an associate of Charles Trudeau.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19350411&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|title=J.C.E. Trudeau dies in Florida: French Canada Loses Prominent Businessman|date=11 April 1934|work=Montreal Gazette|pages=1, 10|access-date=1 November 2015}}