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théodore, robitaille, january, 1834, august, 1897, canadian, physician, politician, fourth, lieutenant, governor, quebec, senator, gulf, quebecin, office, january, 1885, august, 1897nominated, byjohn, macdonaldpreceded, bylouis, robitaillesucceeded, byjean, ba. Theodore Robitaille PC 29 January 1834 17 August 1897 was a Canadian physician politician and the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec 1 The Hon Theodore RobitailleSenator for Gulf QuebecIn office January 29 1885 August 17 1897Nominated byJohn A MacdonaldPreceded byLouis RobitailleSucceeded byJean Baptiste Romuald Fiset4th Lieutenant Governor of QuebecIn office July 25 1879 October 4 1884MonarchVictoriaGovernors GeneralMarquess of LorneThe Marquess of LansdownePremierHenri Gustave Joly de LotbiniereJoseph Adolphe ChapleauJoseph Alfred MousseauJohn Jones RossPreceded byLuc Letellier de St JustSucceeded byLouis Rodrigue MassonMember of the Canadian Parliament for BonaventureIn office September 20 1867 July 25 1879Succeeded byPierre Clovis BeauchesneMember of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for BonaventureIn office July 1 1871 January 7 1874Preceded byClarence HamiltonSucceeded byPierre Clovis BeauchesneMember of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for BonaventureIn office 1861 1866Personal detailsBorn 1834 01 29 29 January 1834Varennes Lower CanadaDied17 August 1897 1897 08 17 aged 63 New Carlisle Quebec CanadaPolitical partyConservativeSpouseEmma Quesnel m 1867 wbr ResidenceNew Carlisle QuebecAlma materMcGill CollegeOccupationPhysician and businessmanProfessionPoliticianCabinetReceiver General for Canada 1873 Born in Varennes Lower Canada the son of Louis Adolphe Robitaille pronounced ro bee tie and Marie Justine Monjeau he was baptized as Louis Francois Christophe Theodore A physician he graduated from McGill College in 1858 and settled in New Carlisle Quebec 2 In 1861 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for the riding of Bonaventure In 1867 he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada A Conservative he was re elected in 1872 an 1873 ministerial by election 1874 and 1878 In 1873 he was appointed Receiver General 3 In 1871 he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in Bonaventure and served until 1874 when holding a federal and provincial seat was abolished From 1879 to 1884 he was the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Notably during his tenure he commissioned Calixa Lavallee and Sir Adolphe Basile Routhier to prepare the music and French lyrics to what would become Canada s national anthem O Canada In 1885 he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of Gulf Quebec He served until his death in New Carlisle Quebec in 1897 3 Archives EditThere are Theodore Robitaille fonds at Library and Archives Canada 4 and Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec 5 References Edit Desjardins Marc 1990 Robitaille Theodore In Halpenny Francess G ed Dictionary of Canadian Biography Vol XII 1891 1900 online ed University of Toronto Press Theodore Robitaille Parliament of Canada biography a b Biography Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Quebec de 1792 a nos jours in French National Assembly of Quebec Theodore Robitaille fonds Library and Archives Canada Theodore Robitaille fonds Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec Political officesPreceded byJean Charles Chapais Receiver General1873 Succeeded byThomas Coffin Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Theodore Robitaille amp oldid 1118238649, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
