1. Charles Fitzpatrick studied at Laval University, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree, receiving the Dufferin Silver Medal.
12 Facts About Charles Fitzpatrick
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Charles Fitzpatrick entered politics in 1890, winning election to the Quebec Legislative Assembly in the Quebec-Comte electoral district.
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Charles Fitzpatrick was re-elected in 1892, but he resigned in June 1896 to enter federal politics.
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Charles Fitzpatrick was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the Quebec County electoral district in the 1896 federal election as a Liberal Member of Parliament.
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Charles Fitzpatrick served as Solicitor General of Canada from 1896 to 1902, and as Minister of Justice from 1902 until 1906.
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Charles Fitzpatrick was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1906 as Chief Justice.
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Charles Fitzpatrick served in that position until 1918, when he was appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, the 12th since Confederation.
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Charles Fitzpatrick is the only Chief Justice other than Sir William Buell Richards to have served in that position without having first been a Puisne Justice on the court, and the only Chief Justice to have been appointed without any prior judicial experience.
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Charles Fitzpatrick was the daughter of Rene-Edouard Caron, 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, and his wife Marie-Josephine De Blois.
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Charles Fitzpatrick died on June 17,1942, at the age of 90 years and 6 months.
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Charles Fitzpatrick is interred in Sillery, at Saint-Michel Cemetery.
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By-election: On Mr Charles Fitzpatrick being appointed Solicitor General, 11 July 1896.