Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel Politician

Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (November 4, 1852 – June 3, 1909) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner, and politician. Born in Saint-Jerome, Quebec, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne in the 1882 federal election. He resigned less than two months later to allow Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, the Secretary of State of Canada, to run for office.In an August 1882 by-election, he was acclaimed to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Terrebonne. He was re-elected in 1886 and 1890. He was acclaimed again in 1892 and re-elected in 1897. He was the commissioner of public works in the cabinets of Charles-Eugène Boucher de Boucherville and Louis-Olivier Taillon. He was also the commissioner of crown lands in the cabinet of Edmund James Flynn. He was defeated in the 1900 elections.He died in Montreal in 1909. His brother, Wilfrid Bruno Nantel, was also a politician.

Personal facts

Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel
Birth dateNovember 04, 1852
Birth place
Canada East , Saint-Jérôme Quebec
Nationality
Canada
Date of deathJune 03, 1909
Place of death
Montreal , Quebec

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Office holder

officeMember of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Terrebonne
other party
Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)
party
Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)
region
Terrebonne—Blainville
relation
successor
Jean Prévost (politician)

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