Omer Côté

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Omer Côté (1883-1968) was a Canadian politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. ^[1]

Contents 1 Background 2 City Councillor 3 Member of the Legislature 4 Judge 5 Death 6 Footnotes

[edit] Background

He was born in Montreal on January 13, 1906 and was an attorney.

[edit] City Councillor

Côté ran for a seat to the city council of Montreal in 1934 in the district of Ville-Marie, but was defeated by incumbent Tancrède Fortin.

In 1936 though, he won against Fortin and was re-elected in 1938. Côté did not run for re-election in 1940.

[edit] Member of the Legislature

Côté unsuccessfully ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1942 by-election in the district of Montréal-Saint-Jacques.

However, he won in 1944 and was re-elected in 1948 and 1952. He also was appointed Minister in the Cabinet of Maurice Duplessis, serving as Province Secretary from 1944 to 1956.

[edit] Judge

Côté resigned in 1956 to become a Judge. He left the bench in 1976 after reaching a mandatory retirement age.

[edit] Death

He died on June 15, 1999.

[edit] Footnotes

National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Claude Jodoin (Liberal)	MLA for Montréal-Saint-Jacques 1944–1956	Succeeded by Paul Dozois (Union Nationale)