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Clan Munro USA
Genealogy Pages
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1829 - 1908 (78 years)
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Name |
Henri Gustave Joly-De Lotbinie |
Born |
5 Dec 1829 |
Epernay, France |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
15 Nov 1908 |
Person ID |
I30270 |
Munro |
Last Modified |
27 May 2001 |
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Notes |
- Prime Minister of Quebec (1878-79) Minister of Inland Revenue for Canada (1897-1900) Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1900-06)
Born in Epernay, France; educated in Paris bit returned to Canada with his parents early in life and was called to the bar of Lower Canada in 1855 (Q.C. 1878). He represented the constituency in Lotbiniere in the Legislative Assemblies of Canada from 1861 to 1885; from 1867-78 leader of the Liberal opposition in Quebec. On the dismissal of the Boucherville administration in 1878 he was appointed Prime Minister of the Province. He retired from public life for a time, but in 1897 became Minister for Inland Revenue. He retired from Parliament in 1900 to become Lt.-Governor of British Columbia until 1906.
He died in 1908 at Quebec. He married Margaretta Gowan and had three sons and three daughters.
In 1888 he assumed his mother's surname of de Lotbiniere with the consent of the Quebec Legislature. In 1895 he was created a K.C.M.G.
Ref: Clan Munro files - Munro, Henry Dallas - GEDCOM file HMUNRO.GED dated 9
Oct 1996
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