Louis Coderre

Canadian politician

The Honourable Louis Coderre


Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hochelaga
In office 1911–1915
Preceded by	Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet
Succeeded by	Esioff-Léon Patenaude

Personal details
Born	(1865-11-01)November 1, 1865 St-Ours, Canada East
Died	March 29, 1935(1935-03-29) (aged 69)
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Secretary of State of Canada (1912-1915) Minister of Mines (1913-1915)

Louis Coderre, PC (November 1, 1865 – March 29, 1935) was a Canadian politician.

Born in St Ours, Canada East, he was a lawyer before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the Quebec riding of Hochelaga in the 1908 federal election. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1911. From 1912 to 1915, he was the Secretary of State of Canada and the Minister of Mines from 1913 to 1915.

Electoral record

Canadian federal by-election, 19 November 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Coderre appointed Secretary of State for Canada, 29 October 1912
	Conservative	Louis Coderre	4,276	68.10	+12.81
	Nationalist	Léopold Doyon	2,003	31.90
Total valid votes			6,279	100.00

v t e 1911 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louis Coderre	7,178	55.29	+6.30
	Unknown	Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet	5,805	44.71	-6.30
Total valid votes			12,983	100.00

v t e 1908 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet	4,656	51.01	-2.16
	Conservative	Louis Coderre	4,471	48.99	+2.16
Total valid votes			9,127	100.00

References

Louis Coderre – Parliament of Canada biography

External links

Louis Coderre at biographi.ca

v t e Secretaries of State for Canada
Langevin Aikins Christie Scott Aikins O'Connor Mousseau Chapleau Patterson Costigan Dickey Montague Ouimet (acting) Daly (acting) Tupper Scott Murphy Roche Coderre Blondin Patenaude Sévigny (acting) Meighen Burrell Sifton Drayton (acting) Monty Copp Foster Murphy (acting) Lapointe Perley Rinfret Cahan Rinfret Lapointe Casgrain McLarty Martin Gibson Bradley Pickersgill Pinard Fairclough Courtemanche Balcer Dorion Balcer Halpenny Pickersgill Lamontagne LaMarsh Connolly Marchand Pelletier Faulkner Roberts MacDonald Fox Regan Joyal McLean B. Bouchard Crombie L. Bouchard Weiner de Cotret Landry¹
¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Secretaries of State for Canada

¹The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of Minister of Canadian Heritage.