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Canadian politician

Thomas Chase-Casgrain, PC (28 July 1852 – 29 December 1916), also known as Thomas Casgrain, was a French-Canadian lawyer and politician. As a young attorney he became famous for his participation in the prosecution of Louis Riel.

He was born at Detroit in 1852, the son of Charles Eusèbe Casgrain, and studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval. He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1877 and received the Dufferin Silver Medal in the same year. He was named professor of law at Université Laval two years later.

In 1885, he was named to the legal team representing the Crown in the trial of Louis Riel. Although the crown was represented by a large team including George Burbidge, Christopher Robinson, Britton Bath Osler and others, Casgrain was the only French-Canadian in the group. Pro-Riel sentiment in the province of Quebec was so strong that he was burned in effigy during at least one demonstration.

However, this did not prevent him from being elected in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec. He was elected for Quebec County in 1886 and for Montmorency in 1892. He was attorney general in the provincial cabinet from December 1891 to November 1892 and again from December 1892 to May 1896. He represented Montmorency as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada from 1896 to 1904 and Quebec County from 1914 until his death from pneumonia at Ottawa in 1916. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. He served as Postmaster General from October 1914 until his death.

Electoral record

Party		Candidate	Votes
By-election on 7 November 1914
	Conservative	Thomas Chase-Casgrain	acclaimed

v t e 1896 Canadian federal election: Montmorency
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Chase-Casgrain	1,096
	Liberal	C. Langelier	1,046

v t e 1900 Canadian federal election: Montmorency
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Thomas Chase-Casgrain	1,109
	Liberal	Philias Corriveau	1,056

v t e 1904 Canadian federal election: Montmorency
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Georges Parent	1,292
	Conservative	Thomas Chase-Casgrain	1,035

Parliament of Canada
Preceded byArthur Joseph Turcotte	Member of Parliament from Montmorency 1896–1904	Succeeded byGeorges Parent
Preceded byLouis-Philippe Pelletier	Member of Parliament from Quebec County 1914–1916	Succeeded byHenri-Edgar Lavigueur

References

General

"Thomas Chase-Casgrain". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
Biography from Assemblée nationale du Québec (in French)
Thomas Chase-Casgrain – Parliament of Canada biography

Inline citations

History of the Administration of the Earl of Dufferin in Canada, by William Leggo, Toronto: Lovell Printing and Publishing Company (1878), pg. 877
Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.

v t e 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 Ouellet
The 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.

Postmasters general

The 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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