Frédéric Liguori Béique

Frédéric Liguori Béique, PC (May 20, 1845 – September 12, 1933) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

The Honourable

Frédéric Liguori Béique
Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec
In office
1902–1933
Appointed byWilfrid Laurier
Preceded byJoseph-Octave Villeneuve
Succeeded byGuillaume-André Fauteux
Personal details
Born(1845-05-20)May 20, 1845
St-Mathias, Canada East
DiedSeptember 12, 1933(1933-09-12) (aged 88)
Resting placeNotre Dame des Neiges Cemetery
Political partyLiberal
CommitteesChair, Special Committee on Civil Service (1924)

Born in Saint-Mathias, Quebec, he was trained as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1868.[1] On 15 April 1875 at Saint-Jacques Cathedral in Montreal, he married Carolina-Angélina Dessaulles, with whom he would have ten children[2][3] From 1899 to 1905, he was the president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society. In 1902, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada representing senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1933. In 1932, Béique nominated Raoul Dandurand for the Nobel Prize in Peace.[1]

After his death in 1845, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[4]

References
  1. "The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Peace, 1901-1955".
  2. Lamonde, Yvan (1994). Louis-Antoine Dessaulles, 1818–1895: un seigneur libéral et anticérical (in French). Ville Saint Laurent, Canada: Les Editions Fides. p. 238. ISBN 978-2-7621-1736-3.
  3. Cohen, Yolande (2010). "Chapitre 4. Santé publique, care et professions féminines". Femmes philanthropes: Catholiques, protestantes et juives dans les organisations caritatives au Québec (1880-1945). Montreal, Canada: University of Montreal Press. p. 116. doi:10.4000/books.pum.4463. ISBN 978-2-821-89766-3. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
  4. Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
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