Appointed by R. B. Bennett Role Canadian Politician Succeeded by Leon Mercier Gouin Died September 10, 1940 | Political party Conservative Resigned September 10, 1940 Name Guillaume-Andre Fauteux | |
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Preceded by Frederic Liguori Beique Born October 20, 1874
St-Benoit, Quebec ( 1874-10-20 ) Cabinet Solicitor General of Canada (1921 & 1926) Party Conservative Party of Canada | ||
Guillaume-André Fauteux, PC, KC (20 October 1874 – 10 September 1940) was a Canadian politician.
Born in St-Benoît, Quebec, a Conservative, he was defeated six times (1908, 1921, 1925, 1925 by-election, 1926, and 1930) while attempting to become a Member of Parliament.
From October 1, 1921 to December 28, 1921, he was the Solicitor General of Canada. From August 23, 1926 to September 24, 1926, during Arthur Meighen's short lived second term, he was the Solicitor General of Canada.
In 1933, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. He died in office in 1940.
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