Louis-de-Gonzague Belley

The Hon. Louis-de-Gonzague Belley

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Chicoutimi—Saguenay
In office 1892–1896
Preceded by	Paul Vilmond Savard
Succeeded by	Paul Vilmond Savard
Personal details
Born	(1863-02-03)February 3, 1863 St-Alexis de la Grande Baie, Canada East
Died	July 9, 1930(1930-07-09) (aged 67)
Political party	Conservative

Louis-de-Gonzague Belley, PC (February 3, 1863 – July 9, 1930) was a Canadian politician.

Born in St-Alexis de la Grande Baie, Canada East, he was a lawyer before being acclaimed at the age of 29 to the Canadian House of Commons for the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi—Saguenay in an 1892 by-election. A Conservative, he was defeated in the 1896 election. In September 1921, he was appointed Postmaster General in the cabinet of Arthur Meighen. He was defeated in the 1921 federal election.

External links

Louis-de-Gonzague Belley – Parliament of Canada biography

Postmasters General

Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet¹

¹The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

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