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ST-LAURENT, The Right Hon. Louis Stephen, P.C., C.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.L., LL.D., D.C.L.
Picture of ST-LAURENT, The Right Hon. Louis Stephen, P.C., C.C., Q.C., B.A., LL.L., LL.D., D.C.L.
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Source: Library and Archives Canada, C-010461
Date of Birth (yyyy.mm.dd): 1882.02.01
Place of Birth: Compton, Quebec, Canada
Deceased Date (yyyy.mm.dd): 1973.07.25 (91 years old)
Profession | Occupation: Lawyer, professor of law
Party Leader:
Additional information ^ Biographical information
Marriage (1908.05.19 - 1966.11.14)
  • Renault, Jeanne
    Birth: 1887 (Beauceville, Quebec) Death: 1966.11.14

Children
  • St-Laurent, Marthe
    Birth: 1909

  • St-Laurent, Renault
    Birth: 1910

  • St-Laurent, Jean-Paul Stephen (M.P.)
    Birth: 1912.04.23 (Québec, Quebec) Death: 1986.12.22

  • St-Laurent, Thérèse
    Birth: 1915

  • St-Laurent, Madeleine
    Birth: 1917

Cause of Death: heart failure
Place of Burial: Cemetery of St. Thomas Aquinas, Compton, Quebec, Canada
^ Heritage Information
Plaques, Statues, etc.:
  • Compton, Quebec
  • Ottawa, Ontario
    Statue in front of Supreme Court Building
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    Places, Buildings, etc.
    Named After Prime Minister:
  • St-Laurent. Geographic township in Algoma District, N.E. of the town of Cochrane, Ontario. Named after Louis St-Laurent who was Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada in 1945 and who was to be P.M. of Canada.
  • Louis St-Laurent departmental building, Gatineau, Quebec. On Boulevard de la Carrière.
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    Historic Sites: Louis St. Laurent National Historic Site,
    Compton, Quebec
    (Birthplace and childhood home)
    Additional Information
    on Historic Sites:

    LOUIS ST-LAURENT NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK, Compton, Quebec.
    25 km south of Sherbrooke.

    Louis S. St-Laurent National Historic Park commemorates the career and childhood of Canada's twelfth prime minister, the Right Honourable Louis S. St-Laurent.

    St-Laurent was born at this homestead in 1882 and began his academic training at the village elementary school in Compton.

    The St-Laurent estate includes the restored original family residence, which was built in 1866. The park's interpretation programme re-creates St-Laurent's legal and political career and his family environment in Compton.

    Mailing address for more information:

    Louis S. St-Laurent National Historic Park
    6 Principale Street
    Compton, Quebec J0B 1L0
    (819) 835-5448
    Other Information: First Among Equals -- The Prime Minister in Canadian Life and Politics
    (Library and Archives Canada)
    Details of Interest Made member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Jan. 1, 1946

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