Louis François Georges Baby

The Honourable
Louis François Georges Baby
The Honourable Louis François Georges Baby
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Joliette
	In office; 1872–1880
Preceded by	François Benjamin Godin
Succeeded by	Lewis Arthur McConville
Personal details
Born	August 26, 1832; Montreal, Lower Canada
Died	May 13, 1906 (aged 73)
Nationality	British subject
Political party	Conservative Party
Occupation	lawyer

Louis François Georges Baby, PC (August 26, 1832 – May 13, 1906) was a Canadian politician and judge.

Born in Montreal, Lower Canada, he first ran for public office in the 1867 federal election in the Quebec riding of Joliette, but lost to François Benjamin Godin. A Conservative candidate, he was acclaimed in the 1872 elections. However, he was unseated by petition protesting the outcome of an election on June 11, 1874.^[1] He was re-elected in the resulting 1874 by-election and re-elected in 1878. 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.

Baby was a notable collector of Canadian coins, medals, books, and manuscripts.

References[edit]

^ "The Hon. Louis François Georges Baby, M.P., P.C." ParlInfo. The Library of Parliament. Retrieved 13 March 2023.

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Ministers of Inland Revenue (1897–1918)	de Lotbinière Bernier Brodeur Templeman Nantel Blondin Patenaude Sévigny Sifton^†
^†The offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue were amalgamated by Order in Council dated May 18, 1918.

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