Peter Bercovitch

Peter Bercovitch
Peter Bercovitch
Member of the Canadian Parliament; for Cartier
	In office; 1938–1942
Preceded by	Samuel William Jacobs
Succeeded by	Fred Rose
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal–Saint-Louis
	In office; 1916–1938
Preceded by	Godfroy Langlois
Succeeded by	Louis Fitch
Personal details
Born	September 17, 1879; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	December 26, 1942 (aged 63)
Political party	Liberal

Peter Bercovitch, KC (September 17, 1879 – December 26, 1942) was a Canadian provincial and federal politician.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of Hyman Bercovitch and Fannie Goldberg, he received a Bachelor of Civil Law from McGill University and a Master of Laws from the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1901 and was created a King's Counsel in 1911. He practised law in Montreal and became a senior partner of the law firm Bercovitch, Cohen and Spector.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec representing the riding of Montréal–Saint-Louis for the Liberal party in the 1916 Quebec election. He was re-elected in 1919 (by acclamation), 1923, 1927, 1931, 1935 (by acclamation), and 1936. He resigned in 1938 and was acclaimed to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Cartier for the Liberal party in a 1938 by-election and was re-elected in the 1940 federal election. He died in office in late 1942.

References

Peter Bercovitch fonds at Library and Archives Canada.
"Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.