Louis-Philippe Pigeon studied law at the Universite Laval and obtained an LL.
27 Facts About Louis-Philippe Pigeon
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon began his legal career in 1928 with the firm of St-Laurent, Gagne, Devlin et Taschereau, headed by Louis St-Laurent, future Prime Minister of Canada.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon held that position for four years before joining the law firm of Germain, Lapointe, Thibaudeau et Roberge.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon taught civil law and constitutional law part-time at the Universite Laval for fifteen years, beginning in 1938.
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One of his students, William Tetley, subsequently a legal academic himself, records that Louis-Philippe Pigeon was a generalist who had deep specialist knowledge of various areas of the law.
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For instance, Louis-Philippe Pigeon was once asked on a moment's notice to fill in for an absent lecturer on civil procedure.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon walked into the class-room and gave a masterful lecture on the issue, without any preparation time.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon was apparently famous for not allowing questions from students, preferring simply to lecture.
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We all drew in our collective breath at such audacity and Louis-Philippe Pigeon was very surprised.
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The next day the same student raised his hand, we students were doubly astounded and Louis-Philippe Pigeon delayed, being himself quite suspicious.
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Tetley records that Louis-Philippe Pigeon was instrumental in Rene Levesque's failure to complete his law degree.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon refused to apologise to Pigeon, as was the requirement at the time, and left the study of law for journalism.
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Over his career spanning fifty years, Louis-Philippe Pigeon was the author of numerous major publications on legal matters.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon's text on statutory interpretation was a standard work on the subject, published in both French and English.
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From 1940 to 1944, Louis-Philippe Pigeon was law clerk for the Legislature of Quebec.
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Hudon [the Dean of Law at Laval], a Conservative and adviser to Prime Minister Duplessis, was a rival of Louis-Philippe Pigeon, who was a Liberal and the adviser to Adelard Godbout, the Liberal Leader of the Opposition.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon stood behind the same curtain on the other side and fed questions and advice to Godbout.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon acted as a legal adviser to Georges-Emile Lapalme, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, then to the Premier of Quebec, Jean Lesage, from 1960 to 1966.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon was active in the Jeune Barreau du Quebec, becoming secretary in 1935, and president the following year.
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From 1963 to 1967, Louis-Philippe Pigeon was the chairman of the National Council on the Administration of Justice.
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On September 21,1967, Louis-Philippe Pigeon was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon retired from the Court on February 8,1980, his 75th birthday, when he reached the mandatory retirement age.
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Justice Louis-Philippe Pigeon was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1980, following his retirement.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon was appointed an Officer of the Order nationale du Quebec in 1985.
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From 1980 onwards, Louis-Philippe Pigeon was a visiting professor at the Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon acted as Director of the Graduate Studies Program in legislative drafting at the University of Ottawa.
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Louis-Philippe Pigeon died on February 23,1986, at the age of 81.