Sir Alexandre Lacoste | |
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| Senator forDe Lorimier, Quebec | |
| In office January 11, 1884 – September 15, 1891 | |
| Appointed by | John A. Macdonald |
| Preceded by | Jacques-Olivier Bureau |
| Succeeded by | Alphonse Desjardins |
| Member of theLegislative Council of Quebec for Mille-Isles | |
| In office March 4, 1882 – December 6, 1883 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste Lefebvre de Villemure |
| Succeeded by | Charles Champagne |
| Personal details | |
| Portfolio | Speaker of the Senate (April 27, 1891 – September 15, 1891) |
| Born | (1842-01-13)January 13, 1842 |
| Died | August 17, 1923(1923-08-17) (aged 81) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Academic |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | |
| Father | Louis Lacoste |
| Relatives | Justine Lacoste-Beaubien (daughter) Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie (daughter) |
Sir Alexandre Lacoste,PC (January 13, 1842 – August 17, 1923) was aCanadian lawyer, professor, and politician.
He was born inBoucherville,Canada East (nowQuebec), in 1842, the son ofLouis Lacoste. From 1880 to 1923, he was a professor of law at theUniversité de Montréal.
In 1882, he was appointed to theLegislative Council of Quebec. In 1884, he was called to theSenate of Canada representing the senatorial division of De Lorimier, Quebec. AConservative, in April 1891, he was appointedSpeaker of the Senate and served until he resigned from the Senate in September 1891 when he was appointedChief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench of Quebec. He retired in 1907. In 1892, he was made aKnight Bachelor. He died inMontreal in 1923 and he was entombed at theNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]
Alexandre Lacoste marriedMarie-Louise Globensky, daughter of Leon Globensky, of Montreal on May 8, 1866. She was member of the First presidential board, Fédération nationale Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal, 1907. She was a member of the Advisory Board of the Parks and Playgrounds Association of Montreal.
The couple's eldest son, Louis Joseph Lacoste, married Bertha Louisa, daughter of M. S. Foley, Esquire, editor-proprietor of the Journal of Commerce. Marie, their eldest daughter, wrote legal text-books and married an advocate, Henri Gerin-Lajoie.
Blanche, their second daughter, married Joseph P. Landry, son of Senator Landry. Another daughter, Justine, married Louis de Gaspe, son of Hon. Louis Beaubien.Justine Lacoste-Beaubien was a founder of thechildren's hospitalSainte-Justine Hospital.[2]
