Raoul Dandurand | |
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| Senator forDe Lorimier, Quebec | |
| In office January 22, 1898 – March 11, 1942 | |
| Appointed by | Wilfrid Laurier |
| Preceded by | François Béchard |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Vien |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1861-11-04)November 4, 1861 |
| Died | March 11, 1942(1942-03-11) (aged 80) |
| Resting place | Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery |
| Party | Liberal |
Raoul DandurandPC KC (November 4, 1861 – March 11, 1942) was aCanadian politician and longtime organizer inQuebec for theLiberal Party of Canada.
Dandurand graduated from the Faculty of Law atUniversité Laval in Montreal, and worked as a corporate lawyer in Quebec.[citation needed]
Dandurand, a Montreal lawyer, was appointed to theSenate of Canada in 1898 by SirWilfrid Laurier. He served asSpeaker of the Senate of Canada from 1905 to 1909 and was eitherLeader of the Government in the Canadian Senate orLeader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate from 1921 until 1942.[1][2][3] As Government Leader in the Senate he served in everyCabinet formed byWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King from 1921 until Dandurand's death in 1942.[4]
He also served as President of theLeague of Nations Assembly in 1925 and was Canada's delegate to the League's council from 1927 to 1930.[5] He is perhaps best remembered for having said, in 1927, that in international affairs Canada was “a fireproof house, far from inflammable materials.”[6]
King relied heavily on Dandurand andErnest Lapointe for advice onQuebec as well as on international affairs and it was Dandurand who suggestedLouis St. Laurent for King's Cabinet after Lapointe's death.
After his death, he was entombed at theNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[7]
In January 1886, Dandurand marriedJoséphine Marchand, daughter of Quebecpremier and dramatist HonFélix-Gabriel Marchand and his wife, Marie Herselie Turgeon. Josephine was born inSaint-Jean-d'Iberville, and was educated at the Convent of Les Dames de la Congregation de Notre Dame a branch of Villa-Maria. Her literary works included dramatic pieces, papers and essays on subjects of public interest and in relation to women's duties, rights and place. She founded and editedLe Coin du Feu, a women's paper. They were parents to daughterGabrielle-Marie-Melinda Dandurand (1886–1933).
She was a member and office-bearer of theNational Council of Women of Canada, in which she advanced practical schemes for the promotion of the industrial and fine arts in Canada and the establishment of a Department of Art. She was a member and office-bearer of the Women's Historical Society, theVictorian Order of Nurses. She was President of the Crèche of the Sisters of Mercy,Montreal,Quebec. In 1898, she was created an Officier Academic by the French government. In 1900, she was appointed as a Commissioner from the Canadian government of Canada to the Paris Exposition in Ottawa. In March 1903, she delivered an address before the Alliance française on "La Sociabilite."[8]
There is a Dandurand-Marchand collection atLibrary and Archives Canada.[9]
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| Preceded by | Speaker of the Senate of Canada 1905–1909 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1919 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada 1921–1926 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1926 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada 1926–1930 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada 1930–1935 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Leader of the Government in the Senate of Canada 1935–1942 | Succeeded by |
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