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Louis Côté
Member of the Senate of Canada
In office
1933–1943
ConstituencyOttawa East
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
In office
1929–1934
ConstituencyOttawa East
Personal details
Born(1890-09-13)September 13, 1890
Ottawa, Canada
DiedFebruary 2, 1943(1943-02-02) (aged 52)
Ottawa, Canada
Political party
Spouse
Stella Cimon
(m. 1922)
EducationUniversity of Ottawa
OccupationLawyer, politician

Louis Côté (September 13, 1890 – February 2, 1943) was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Ottawa East in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Conservative from 1929 to 1934 and was also a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada for Ottawa East division from 1933 to 1943.

Biography

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He was born in Ottawa in 1890 and studied at the University of Ottawa and Osgoode Hall. Côté married Stella, the daughter of judge Ernest Cimon and granddaughter of Hector-Louis Langevin, in 1922. He was a member of the Scott-Merchant-Côté Commission which recommended the creation of a bilingual school system for Franco-Ontarians.

Côté died of a heart attack at Ottawa's Union train station in 1943 while still serving as a senator.

References

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  • Histoire d'Ottawa et de sa population canadienne-française, vol 4, 1926–1950, G. Lamoureux (1989)
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