Gustave Monette

Gustave Monette (1 March 1887 – 23 December 1969) was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Senate of Canada. He was born in Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Quebec and became a barrister and solicitor.

The Hon.
Gustave Monette
Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec
In office
12 October 1957 – 23 December 1969
Appointed byJohn Diefenbaker
Preceded byArmand Daigle
Succeeded byThérèse Casgrain
Personal details
Born(1887-03-01)1 March 1887
Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Quebec
Died23 December 1969(1969-12-23) (aged 82)
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseBlanche Séguin
ProfessionBarrister and solicitor

The son of Eugène Monette and Marie Roy, he was educated in Sainte-Thérèse de Blainville and at the Université de Montréal and practised law in Montreal. In 1914, he married Blanche Séguin.[1]

Monette and his cousin Philippe Monette were defence lawyers for Adélard Delorme, a Roman Catholic priest accused of murdering his stepbrother.[2]

Monette made attempts to gain a House of Commons of Canada seat at the Laprairie—Napierville riding as a Conservative in the 1911 and 1930 elections. He was unsuccessful with both these campaigns.

He was appointed to the Senate on 12 October 1957 for the Mille Isles, Quebec division following nomination by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker. Monette remained in that role until his death on 23 December 1969.

References
  1. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867–1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  2. Monet, Jean (1996). The cassock and the crown: Canada's most controversial murder trial. p. 46. ISBN 0-7735-1449-X.
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