Louis Coderre

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1865–1935)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Louis Coderre

| honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}

| image = Louis Coderre.jpg

| caption = Coderre in 1912

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| constituency_MP1 = Hochelaga

| parliament1 = Canadian

| predecessor1 = Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet

| successor1 = Esioff-Léon Patenaude

| term_start1 = 1911

| term_end1 = 1915

| office2 = Secretary of State for Canada

| predecessor2 = William James Roche

| successor2 = Pierre Édouard Blondin

| term_start2 = October 29, 1912

| term_end2 = October 5, 1915

| office3 = Minister of Mines

| predecessor3 = William James Roche

| successor3 = Pierre Édouard Blondin

| term_start3 = February 10, 1913

| term_end3 = October 5, 1915

| birth_date = {{birth date|1865|11|01}}

| birth_place = Saint-Ours, Canada East

| death_date = {{death date and age|1935|03|29|1865|11|01}}

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| party = Conservative

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Louis Coderre {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (November 1, 1865 – March 29, 1935) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Saint-Ours, Canada East, Coderre's spent his early career practising as a lawyer. A Conservative, he unsuccessfully ran in the 1908 federal election in the Quebec riding of Hochelaga. He ran again in Hochelaga in the 1911 federal election, defeating MP Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet.

From 1912 to 1915, Coderre was the secretary of state for Canada. He also served as the minister of mines from 1913 to 1915.

Electoral record

{{CANelec/top|CA|19 November 1912|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}}

{{CANelec/note|Coderre appointed Secretary of State for Canada, 29 October 1912}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Louis Coderre|4,276|68.10|+12.81 }}

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| style="width: 160px"|Nationalist

|Léopold Doyon

|align=right|2,003

|align=right|31.90

|align=right|

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{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|6,279|100.00}}

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{{1911 Canadian federal election/Hochelaga}}

{{1908 Canadian federal election/Hochelaga}}

References

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