François Langelier

PremierLomer GouinPreceded byCharles Alphonse Pantaléon PelletierSucceeded byPierre-Évariste LeblancMember of the Canadian Parliament
for Quebec-CentreIn office
February 22, 1887 – January 13, 1898Preceded byJoseph-Guillaume BosséSucceeded byArthur Cyrille Albert MalouinMember of the Canadian Parliament
for MéganticIn office
June 10, 1884 – February 22, 1887Preceded byLouis-Israël Côté dit FréchetteSucceeded byGeorges TurcotMayor of Quebec CityIn office
1882–1890Preceded byJean-Docile BrousseauSucceeded byJules-Joseph-Taschereau FrémontMember of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for PortneufIn office
May 1, 1878 – December 2, 1881Preceded byPraxède LarueSucceeded byJean-Docile BrousseauMember of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for MontmagnyIn office
December 16, 1873 – July 7, 1875Preceded byTélesphore FournierSucceeded byAuguste Charles Philippe Robert Landry Personal detailsBorn(1838-12-24)24 December 1838
Sainte-Rosalie, Lower CanadaDied8 February 1915(1915-02-08) (aged 76)
Political partyLiberalSpousesRelationsCharles Langelier, brotherChildren9 (3 of whom died young)Alma materOccupationlawyer, professor, journalist, authorProfessionpolitician

Sir François Langelier, KCMG FRSC (24 December 1838 – 8 February 1915) was a Canadian lawyer, professor, journalist, politician, the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, and author. He was born in Sainte-Rosalie, Lower Canada (now Quebec) and died in Spencer Wood, Sillery, Quebec.

In 1871, he was an unsuccessful candidate to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bagot. A Liberal, he was elected in an 1873 by-election for the riding of Montmagny. He was defeated in 1875 but was re-elected in 1878 for the riding of Portneuf. He was Commissioner of Crown Lands and Provincial Treasurer from 1878 to 1879. He was defeated in 1881. From 1880 to 1890, he was a municipal councillor in Quebec City and was mayor from 1882 to 1890.

He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for Mégantic in an 1884 by-election, after the results for the 1882 election were declared void. He was re-elected for Quebec-Centre in the 1887, 1891, and 1896 elections. He resigned in 1898 when he was appointed a puisne judge of the Quebec Superior Court for the district of Montreal.

He was knighted in 1907 and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1909. He was made a knight of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England in 1912 and a knight of the Order of St Michael and St George on 31 December 1913.

From 1911 to his death, he was the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

His brother Charles Langelier was also an MP from 1887 to 1890.

Electoral record

v t e 1887 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François Langelier	1,331
	Conservative	L. F. Burroughs	626

v t e 1891 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François Langelier	1,080
	Conservative	Victor Chateauvert	1,002

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Quebec-Centre
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	François Langelier	1,469
	Conservative	A. R. Angers	1,150

References

• Jocelyn Saint-Pierre, "LANGELIER, Sir FRANÇOIS", in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 14, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–.
• François Langelier – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Francis-J. Audet et al., "Les Lieutenants-Gouverneurs de la province de Québec^{[permanent dead link]}" (in French), in Les Cahiers des Dix, volume 27, 1962, p. 239–241.