Louis Côté was an Ontario

Ontario

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 lawyer and political figure. He represented Ottawa East

Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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 as a Progressive Conservative

Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario

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 from 1929 to 1934 and was also a Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada (historical)

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 member of the Senate of Canada for Ottawa East division from 1933 to 1943.

He was born in Ottawa

Ottawa

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 in 1890 and studied at the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

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 and Osgoode Hall

Osgoode Hall

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. Côté married Stella, the daughter of judge Ernest Cimon

Ernest Cimon

Ernest Cimon was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented Chicoutimi—Saguenay in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1874 to 1882...

 and granddaughter of Hector-Louis Langevin

Hector-Louis Langevin

Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, PC, KCMG, CB, QC was a Canadian lawyer, politician and one of the Fathers of Confederation....

, in 1922. He was a member of the Scott-Merchant-Côté Commission which recommended the creation of a bilingual school system for Franco-Ontarian

Franco-Ontarian

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s.

Côté died of a heart attack at Ottawa's Union train station in 1943 while still serving as a senator.

External links

• La Commission Scott-Merchant-Côté