Rodolphe Monty

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Honourable

| name = Rodolphe Monty

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| office = Secretary of State for Canada

| predecessor = Henry Lumley Drayton

| successor = Arthur Bliss Copp

| term_start = September 21, 1921

| term_end = December 28, 1921

| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|11|30}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1928|12|01|1874|11|30}}

| death_place = St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada

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| party = Conservative

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Rodolphe Monty {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|KC}} (November 30, 1874 – December 1, 1928) was a Canadian politician.

Early life

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Monty was educated in law at Université Laval and McGill University. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1897 and was created a King's Counsel in 1909.

Political career

In September 1921, Monty was appointed Secretary of State of Canada in the cabinet of Arthur Meighen. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1921 federal election in the riding of Beauharnois. He was also defeated in the riding of Laurier—Outremont in the 1925 election.

Electoral history

{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1925|Laurier—Outremont}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Alexandre Mercier |12,889}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Rodolphe Monty |10,105}}

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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|1921|Beauharnois (federal electoral district)|Beauharnois}}

{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Louis-Joseph Papineau|5,147}}

{{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Rodolphe Monty|3,272}}

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References

  • {{cite web|url=http://faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebechistory/encyclopedia/RodolpheMonty-QuebecHistory.htm|title=The Quebec History Encyclopedia}}

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Category:1874 births

Category:1928 deaths

Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) candidates for the Canadian House of Commons

Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada

Category:Canadian King's Counsel

Category:McGill University alumni

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