Jacques Bureau
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
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| name = Jacques Bureau
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| office = 8th Senator for La Salle, Quebec
| term_start = September 5, 1925
| term_end = January 23, 1933
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| nominator = William Lyon Mackenzie King
| predecessor = Joseph Godbout
| successor = Lucien Moraud
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| office2 = Minister of Customs and Excise
| term_start2 = December 29, 1921
| term_end2 = September 4, 1925
| primeminister2 = William Lyon Mackenzie King
| predecessor2 = John Babington Macaulay Baxter
| successor2 = Georges Henri Boivin
| order3 = 6th
| office3 = Solicitor General of Canada
| term_start3 = February 14, 1907
| term_end3 = October 6, 1911
| primeminister3 = Sir Wilfrid Laurier
| predecessor3 = Rodolphe Lemieux
| successor3 = Arthur Meighen
| office4 = Member of the House of Commons of Canada
| term_start4 = November 7, 1900
| term_end4 = September 5, 1925
| predecessor4 = Sir Adolphe-Philippe Caron
| successor4 = Arthur Bettez
| constituency4 = Three Rivers and St. Maurice
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1860|07|09}}
| birth_place = Trois-Rivières, Canada East
| death_date = {{death date and age|1933|01|23|1860|07|09}}
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| party = Liberal
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Jacques Bureau, {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|KC}} (July 9, 1860 – January 23, 1933) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Trois-Rivières, Canada East, the son of J. Napoleon Bureau and Sophie Gingras, Bureau was educated at Nicolet College and received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1881 from Laval University. A lawyer, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the riding of Three Rivers and St. Maurice in the 1900 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1904, 1908, 1911, 1917, and 1921. From 1907 to 1911, he was the Solicitor General of Canada. From 1921 to 1925, he was the Minister of Customs and Excise. In 1925, after his involvement in the King-Byng Affair, he was called to the Senate of Canada representing the senatorial division of La Salle, Quebec. He served until his death in 1933.
References
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=13770}}
- {{cite web|title=A history of Quebec, its resources and people, vol. 2|year=1908|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofquebeci02sultuoft|work=Internet Archive}}
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Category:Canadian senators from Quebec
Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs
Category:Liberal Party of Canada senators
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
Category:People from Trois-Rivières
Category:Politicians from Mauricie
Category:Solicitors general of Canada
Category:Canadian King's Counsel
Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada