Edward Stuart McDougall

Edward Stuart McDougall (1886 - 1957), lawyer then Québécois judge, was during a very short amount of time provincial treasurer (Minister for Finance) in the first government of Adélard Godbout.

Biography

Wire of James McDougall and Lena Lucker, Edward Stuart McDougall was born with Montreal the September 25th 1886. He studies initially in Montreal High School then made his right to the Université McGill. Entered with the Bar of Quebec in 1913, it begins its career, in July of the same year, in the offices of Brown, Montgomery and McMichael .

At the beginning of the First World War, in 1914, it voluntarily enlists and is named captain of infantry in the regiment Princess Patricia. It is sent to the face in 1915 and is wounded in 1917. It returns to Montreal the same year with the rank of major. It is also rewarded for several medals.

After the war, it founds with two others associated the lawyer office Wainwright, Elder and McDougall and is established with Westmount with its family. It is created council in law of the king the October 3rd 1926. It also directs some companies including two companies of taxi.

In June 1936, Adélard Godbout succeeds Louis-Alexandre Taschereau like Prime Minister for Quebec. Wanting to dissociate old government, sullied by the scandals, he seeks new figures to form his cabinet. Thus McDougall is approached, which would give to its government the guarantee anglophone business men. McDougall accepts and Godbout appoints it provincial treasurer, thus succeeding Ralph Frederick Stockwell, which is not represented. It is sworn in the June 27th 1936 and enters at once to electoral campaign, presenting in the county of Montreal-Saint-Laurent against the unionistic Thomas Joseph Coonan. The August 17th 1936, it is however beaten by a little less than 200 votes.

McDougall takes again its lawyer career and will not turn over in policy. In 1942, it is named judge at the Court of the bench of the king (old name of the Court of Appeal of Quebec). In 1943, Godbout, which did not forget it, names it with the head of the board of inquiry on the employment relationships with the Price factories of the Saguenay. Its conclusions support the employees of the factories.

In 1946, McDougall represents Canada at the international court having to judge the war criminals to the Japan. He dies in Montreal in 1957. He was of religion Anglican.

References

the Duty , June 27th, 1936.
Jean-Guy Genest, Godbout , North, 1996.

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