Paul Desruisseaux
Paul Desruisseaux | |
|---|---|
| Senator for Wellington, Quebec | |
| In office July 8, 1966 – May 1, 1980 | |
| Appointed by | Lester B. Pearson |
| Preceded by | Charles Benjamin Howard |
| Succeeded by | Jacques Hébert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 1, 1905 Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | February 2, 1982 (aged 76) |
| Political party | Liberal |
Paul Desruisseaux (May 1, 1905 – February 2, 1982) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician.
Desruisseaux was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, on May 1, 1905. He studied law at the Université de Montréal and was called to the Quebec bar in 1934.[1] He was the owner of La Tribune, a daily newspaper in Sherbrooke, CHLT radio station, CKTS radio station, and television station CHLT-TV.[2]
In 1966, he was summoned to the Senate of Canada on the advice of Lester Pearson.[3] A Liberal, he represented the senatorial division of Wellington, Quebec. That same year, he helped raise $230,000 in funding for a new hospital of Lily Butters.[4] He retired on his 75th birthday in 1980.
He died on February 2, 1982.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "Profile". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ Canada, Library and Archives (November 25, 2016). "Collection search - Fonds Paul Desruisseaux [document textuel]". recherche-collection-search.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada". Newspapers.com. March 20, 1969. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Lily Esther Butters" (PDF). Retrieved April 21, 2024.
- ^ "Paul Desruisseaux". Globe and Mail. Canada. February 4, 1982.
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