Gaspard Fauteux

Gaspard Fauteux, PC ( born August 27, 1898 in Saint- Hyacinthe, Quebec, † March 29, 1963 in Montreal) was a Canadian politician. From 1931 to 1935 he was a deputy of the National Assembly of Québec, 1942-1950 Liberal Member of the Canadian House of Commons. Subsequently he served until 1958 as Vice Governor of the province of Quebec.

Biography

Fauteux was born into a politically influential family. Both his grandfather Honoré Mercier and his uncle Lomer Gouin had been Premier of Québec. His grandmother was married in second marriage with the House of Representatives and later Senator Joseph Godbout. Fauteux studied at the Université de Montréal in 1921 and received a diploma as a dentist. He practiced this profession first in the Beauce region of, from 1926 in Montreal. There was on his initiative that a dental institute at the Hôtel -Dieu de Montréal hospital.

As a candidate of the Parti du Québec libéral Fauteux 1931 was elected to the provincial legislature, where he was able to prevail in the electoral district of Montréal- Sainte -Marie against the conservative Montreal Mayor Houde Camillien. Four years later he lost his seat and turned back to his profession. For the Liberal Party of Canada, he joined in 1942 at a by-election to the House of Commons constituency Sainte -Marie, and was elected by a large margin. 1945 and 1949 he succeeded each re-election.

During his time as an MEP to Fauteux sat against the introduction of conscription and was after the Second World War, a delegate to UN conferences. From 1945 to 1949 he was Speaker of the House. Governor General Lord Alexander sworn him on October 3, 1950 as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. This representative office he held until February 14, 1958. Fauteux received three honorary doctorates: 1950 by the Université Laval, 1951 by the Université de Montréal and in 1957 from McGill University.