Louis François Georges Baby, PC

Queen's Privy Council for Canada

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 (August 26, 1832 – May 13, 1906) was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician and judge.

Born in Montreal

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, Quebec

Quebec

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, he first ran for public office in the 1867 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1867

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 in the Quebec

Quebec

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 riding of Joliette

Joliette (electoral district)

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 but lost to François Benjamin Godin

François Benjamin Godin

François Benjamin Godin was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He was a Liberal member of the 1st Canadian Parliament representing Joliette....

. A Conservative

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, he was acclaimed in the 1872 elections

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. However he was unseated on petition on June 11, 1874. He was re-elected in the resulting 1874 by-election

By-election

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 and re-elected in 1878

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. From 1878 to 1880, he was the Minister of Inland Revenue. From 1881 to 1896, he was the judge of the Quebec Court of Appeal

Quebec Court of Appeal

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