The Hon. Frédéric Liguori Béique |
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Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec | |
In office 1902–1933 |
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Appointed by | Wilfrid Laurier |
Preceded by | Joseph-Octave Villeneuve |
Succeeded by | Guillaume-André Fauteux |
Personal details | |
Born | May 20, 1845 St-Mathias, Canada East |
Died | September 12, 1933 | (aged 88)
Political party | Liberal |
Committees | Chair, Special Committee on Civil Service (1924) |
Frédéric Liguori Béique, PC (May 20, 1845 – September 12, 1933) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.
Born in Saint-Mathias, Quebec, he was trained as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1868. From 1899 to 1905, he was the president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. In 1902, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate representing senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1933. In 1932, Béique nominated Raoul Dandurand for the Nobel Prize in Peace.[1]