alphonse, bernier, april, 1861, october, 1944, canadian, lawyer, judge, provincial, politician, member, legislative, assembly, quebec, lévisin, office, 1912, 1916preceded, bylaetare, roysucceeded, byalfred, valère, roypersonal, detailsborn, 1861, april, 1861lé. Alphonse Bernier April 7 1861 October 7 1944 was a Canadian lawyer judge and provincial politician Alphonse BernierMember of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for LevisIn office 1912 1916Preceded byLaetare RoySucceeded byAlfred Valere RoyPersonal detailsBorn 1861 04 07 April 7 1861Levis Canada EastDiedOctober 7 1944 1944 10 07 aged 83 Levis QuebecPolitical partyConservativeOccupationLawyer academic and judgeBorn in Levis Canada East Bernier studied at the Seminaire de Quebec College de Levis and Universite Laval He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1883 He received a PhD in law from Universite Laval in 1887 and was created a King s Counsel in 1903 1 He practiced law in Quebec City and was a professor of commercial and maritime law at Universite Laval from 1889 to 1934 1 He was mayor of Levis from 1907 to 1917 He ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the 1890 provincial elections in the riding of Dorchester and the Conservative candidate in the 1900 federal elections in the riding of Montmagny 2 He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Levis in 1912 He was defeated in 1916 and was also defeated in the 1917 federal election in Levis 1 3 From 1921 to 1942 he was a judge of the Court of King s Bench 1 He died in Levis Quebec in 1944 and was buried in the Mont Marie Cemetery in Levis 1 References edit a b c d e Biography Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Quebec de 1792 a nos jours in French National Assembly of Quebec History of Federal Ridings since 1867 MONTMAGNY Quebec 1867 1933 History of Federal Ridings since 1867 LEVIS Quebec 1867 1998 External links editWorks by or about Alphonse Bernier at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alphonse Bernier amp oldid 1206391321, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,