1. Ernest Lapointe was called to the bar in 1898 and practiced law in Riviere-du-Loup and Quebec City.
13 Facts About Ernest Lapointe
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Ernest Lapointe was later re-elected in the 1904,1908,1911, and 1917 federal elections.
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Ernest Lapointe resigned his seat in 1919 and successfully ran in the Quebec East seat vacated by former Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, who died.
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In 1924, Ernest Lapointe became minister of justice, and served in that position until the Liberals' defeat at the polls in 1930.
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However, the Liberals under King returned back to power in the 1935 federal election, and Ernest Lapointe regained his old post.
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From 1924 to 1930 as justice minister, Ernest Lapointe expressed his support for King's commitment to Canadian autonomy and accompanied him at the Imperial Conference of 1926.
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Ernest Lapointe chaired the Canadian delegation in the discussions that led to the Statute of Westminster in 1931.
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Ernest Lapointe served as King's Quebec lieutenant and was one of the most important ministers in Cabinet.
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King did not speak French; he relied on Ernest Lapointe to handle important matters in the province.
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Ernest Lapointe gave a strong Quebecker voice to the cabinet decision, something that had not existed since the defeat of Laurier in 1911.
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Ernest Lapointe did not recommend disallowance of the Padlock Act passed by the Quebec government of Maurice Duplessis, fearing that doing so would only aid the Union Nationale government.
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Ernest Lapointe helped draft Mackenzie King's policy against conscription for overseas service in 1939, and his campaigning helped defeat the Duplessis provincial government in 1939.
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Ernest Lapointe died in office in 1941, in the midst of the war.