Robert Laurier

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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

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| name = Robert Laurier

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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1892|3|31}}

| birth_place=Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada

| death_date={{death date and age|1967|4|4|1892|3|31}}

| death_place=Montreal, Quebec

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| office = MPP for Ottawa East

| term=November 27, 1940 – March 24, 1945

|predecessor=Paul Leduc

|successor=Aurèle Chartrand

| party = Liberal Party of Ontario

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Robert Laurier (March 31, 1892 – April 4, 1967) was a Canadian barrister and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Ottawa East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1940 to 1945.

He was born in Arthabaska, Quebec, the son of Henri Laurier, and was educated at Loyola College, McGill College and Osgoode Hall. He married Gabrielle Parent, the daughter of Simon-Napoléon Parent who was a premier of Quebec and mayor of Quebec City. Laurier served as Minister of Mines in the provincial cabinet from 1940 to 1943. He died after a long illness in 1967{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/46145266/|title=The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, on April 4, 1967 · Page 17|publisher=}}

He was the nephew of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.{{cite web|url=http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/deputes/laurier-wilfrid-4029/biographie.html|title=Wilfrid LAURIER|language=French}}

References

  • Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1945, AL Normandin

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