Luc Letellier de St-Just
Luc Letellier de Saint -Just, PC ( born May 12, 1820 Rivière- Ouelle, Lower Canada, † January 28, 1881 ) was a Canadian politician. From 1867 to 1876 he was a member of the Senate and served for three years Canadian Minister of Agriculture. Thereafter he served until 1879 as Vice- Governor of the Province of Quebec.
Biography
Saint -Just studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and worked from 1841 as a notary. In February 1851 he won at at a by-election in Kamouraska County and moved into the House of the Province of Canada. But in November of the same year he lost the seat again to Jean -Charles Chapais. He had more consistent success than the 1860 election he succeeded to the Upper House of the Province of Canada. From May 1863 to March 1864 he was Minister of Agriculture in John Sandfield Macdonald's Liberal government.
Letellier rejected the formation of a Canadian state, but came to terms with it, but as this took shape. In November 1867 he was appointed senator in the Canadian House of Lords and led the liberal opposition, until they came to power in November 1873. Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie took him then as Minister of Agriculture in the Federal Cabinet on. He was able to convince the Governor-General to lift its death penalty against Ambroise Lépine - Dydime, the right hand of Métis rebel leader Louis Riel.
Governor General Lord Dufferin sworn him on 15 December 1876 as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. His administration caused a controversy. On 1 March 1878 he dismissed the conservative provincial government of Charles -Eugène Boucher de Boucherville, although these in the National Assembly had a majority of 20 seats and the Legislative Council dominated in a 2:1 ratio. Saint -Just took the position that the government is incompetent and corrupt in the field of railway legislation. Boucherville described his dismissal as a " coup d'etat " and complained to the Governor-General. After the Conservatives had won the general election in 1878 and re- established the federal government, they tried to settle down Saint -Just. Governor General Lord Argyll led the petition with the Colonial Office in London continues. This gave him the instruction to meet the demand of the Canadian government, after which he Saint-Just relieved of his duties on July 25, 1879.