Lionel Chevier, was a Canadian

Canada

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 Member of Parliament

Canadian House of Commons

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 and cabinet minister.

Born in Cornwall, Ontario

Cornwall, Ontario

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, the son of former Cornwall mayor Joseph E. Chevrier, he was educated in Cornwall, at the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

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, the University of Montreal and Osgoode Hall

Osgoode Hall

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. Chevrier was called to the bar in 1928 and was named King's Counsel in 1939. He married Lucienne Brûlé in 1932. He was first elected as a Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate in the Ontario

Ontario

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 riding of Stormont

Stormont (electoral district)

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 in the 1935 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1935

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. He was re-elected in the 1940

Canadian federal election, 1940

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, 1945

Canadian federal election, 1945

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, 1949

Canadian federal election, 1949

The Canadian federal election of 1949 was held on June 27 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 21st Parliament of Canada. It was the first election in Canada in almost thirty years in which the Liberal Party of Canada was not led by William Lyon Mackenzie King. King had...

, and 1953 elections

Canadian federal election, 1953

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. He resigned in 1954, when he was appointed the first president of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority. Returning to politics, he was elected in the 1957 election

Canadian federal election, 1957

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 in the Quebec

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 riding of Laurier

Laurier—Sainte-Marie

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. He was re-elected in the 1958

Canadian federal election, 1958

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, 1962

Canadian federal election, 1962

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, and 1963 elections

Canadian federal election, 1963

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From 1943 to 1945, he was Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Munitions and Supply. From 1945 to 1954, he was the Minister of Transport

Minister of Transport (Canada)

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. He was President of the Privy Council from April 25, 1957 to June 20, 1957. From 1963 to 1964, he was the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada

Minister of Justice (Canada)

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. From 1957 to 1963, he was the Official Opposition House Leader and Liberal Party House Leader.

He resigned from the House of Commons in 1964 to become the Canadian High Commissioner in London. He held that position until 1967.

In 1967, he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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. In 1997, Canada Post

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issued a stamp in his honour.