Everything about Hector-louis Langevin totally explained
Sir Hector-Louis Langevin,
PC,
QC,
KCB (
August 25,
1826 –
June 11,
1906) was a Canadian
lawyer, politician and one of the
Fathers of Confederation.
Langevin was born in
Quebec City in 1826. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1850. In 1856, he was elected to the municipal council of Quebec City and was mayor from 1858 to 1861. In 1857, he was elected
Member of Parliament for
Dorchester in the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada as a member of the
Conservative Party. He held various positions in
Cabinet, including Solicitor General (1864-66),
Postmaster General (1866-67),
Secretary of State for Canada (1867-69),
Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs (1868-69) and
Minister of Public Works (1869-73). Langevin also attended all three conferences leading up to
Confederation. He left politics in
1873 due to his role in the
Pacific Scandal.
In 1876, he was re-elected in the riding of
Charlevoix. His opponent contested the election and it was declared invalid, but he won the subsequent by-election in 1877. He was defeated in
Rimouski in 1878 but elected by acclamation in the riding of
Trois-Rivières in the same year. Langevin became Minister of Public Works again in 1879. He lobbied behind the scenes against the hanging of
Louis Riel in 1885 and was one of the few Conservatives Members of Parliament to survive the resulting backlash in the province of
Quebec in 1887. He was promised the post of
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec by the new Conservative Prime Minister
John Abbott if he stepped down as Minister of Public Works. Langevin stepped down in
1891 but Abbott appointed
Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau instead. In
1891 he was implicated with
Thomas McGreevy in what became known as the "McGreevy-Langevin scandal" over kickbacks to McGreevy associated with federal contracts granted to him by the department of public works overseen by Langevin. He joined the backbenches and then left politics in 1896.
The
Langevin Block on
Parliament Hill was named in his honour.
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