Louis Côté
Louis Côté | |
|---|---|
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| Member of the Senate of Canada | |
| In office 1933–1943 | |
| Constituency | Ottawa East |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario | |
| In office 1929–1934 | |
| Constituency | Ottawa East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 13, 1890 Ottawa, Canada |
| Died | February 2, 1943 (aged 52) Ottawa, Canada |
| Political party | |
| Spouse |
Stella Cimon (m. 1922) |
| Education | University of Ottawa |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Louis Côté (September 13, 1890 – February 2, 1943) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Ottawa East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative from 1929 to 1934 and was also a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Ottawa East division from 1933 to 1943.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Ottawa in 1890 and studied at the University of Ottawa and Osgoode Hall. Côté married Stella, the daughter of judge Ernest Cimon and granddaughter of Hector-Louis Langevin, in 1922. He was a member of the Scott-Merchant-Côté Commission which recommended the creation of a bilingual school system for Franco-Ontarians.
Côté died of a heart attack at Ottawa's Union train station in 1943 while still serving as a senator.
References
[edit]- Histoire d'Ottawa et de sa population canadienne-française, vol 4, 1926–1950, G. Lamoureux (1989)
External links
[edit]- Ontario Legislative Assembly parliamentary history
- Louis Côté – Parliament of Canada biography
- La Commission Scott-Merchant-Côté
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