Charles Duquette was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician in the province of Quebec

Quebec

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. He was mayor

Mayor of Montreal

The Mayor of Montreal is head of the executive branch of Montreal City Council.The Mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and provincial laws within Montreal....

 of Montreal

Montreal

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 from 1924 to 1926.

Born in Montreal, he studied commercial studies at the Collège de Saint-Henri. He worked for the mutual insurance company L’Alliance nationale eventually becoming general manager and president in 1922. He defeated Médéric Martin

Médéric Martin

-Background:Born to Salomon Martin, a carpenter and Virginie Lafleur, Martin studied at St. Eustache College and went on to open a cigar store in Montreal's East End and soon became a populist politician, best known for stirring up suspicion against English Montreal residents.-Member of the house...

 to become mayor in 1924. He lost in 1926 to Martin.

He is buried in Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery

Founded in 1854, Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges is a 343-acre cemetery located in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The entrance and the grounds run along a part of chemin Côte-des-Neiges and up the slopes of Mount Royal...

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