Edgar-Rodolphe-Eugène Chevrier (October 5, 1887 – August 26, 1956) was an Ontario

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 lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented City of Ottawa

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1921 to 1935 and Ottawa East from 1935 to 1936 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Ottawa

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 in 1887, the son of Eugene Louis Chevrier and Delia St-Jacques. Chevrier was educated at the University of Ottawa

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 and Osgoode Hall

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. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1912 and the Quebec bar in 1914. In 1914, he married Eugénie, the daughter of Charles Champagne

Charles Laplante dit Champagne

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. After the death of his first wife, Chevrier married Juliette Nantel in 1918. He was named a King's Counsel in Quebec in 1928.

Chevrier resigned his seat in 1936 when he was named to the High Court of Justice

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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 division of the Supreme Court of Ontario. In 1953, he was named to the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

He died near Blue Sea Lake in western Quebec

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in 1956.

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