Philippe-Jacques Paradis

The Hon.
Philippe-Jacques Paradis
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for La Salle
In office
1917–1927
Preceded by Charles-Eugène Dubord
Succeeded by Louis-Alfred Létourneau
Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec
In office
1927–1933
Preceded by Hippolyte Montplaisir
Succeeded by Charles Bourgeois
Personal details
Born August 4, 1868
Quebec City, Quebec
Died June 20, 1933 (aged 64)
Quebec City, Quebec
Political party Liberal

Philippe-Jacques Paradis (August 4, 1868 June 20, 1933) was a manufacturer and political figure in Quebec. He sat for Shawinigan division in the Senate of Canada from 1927 to 1933.[1]

He was born in Quebec City, the son of Euclide Paradis and Marie-Louise Jolicœur, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval. He married Emma Fraser in 1891. Paradis manufactured asbestos products and was president of an asbestos mining company at Thetford Mines. He was a director for Beauharnois Power, Quebec Power, the Québec and Chibougamau Railway, the Quebec, Saguenay and Shay Lake Railway and Canadian Transcontinental Airways. Paradis was first president of the Commission d'urbanisme de la Ville de Québec. He was editor of the Quebec city newspaper La Vigie. Paradis represented La Salle division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1917 to 1927, resigning his seat after he was named to the Senate. He died in office in Quebec City at the age of 64.[2]

References

  1. Philippe-Jacques Paradis – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.