Philippe-Jacques Paradis
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Philippe-Jacques Paradis (August 4, 1868 – June 20, 1933) was a manufacturer and political figure in Quebec
. He sat for Shawinigan division in the Senate of Canada from 1927 to 1933.
He was born in Quebec City
, the son of Euclide Paradis and Marie-Louise Jolicœur, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval
. He married Emma Fraser in 1891. Paradis manufactured asbestos
products and was president of an asbestos mining company at Thetford Mines. He was a director for Beauharnois Power, Quebec Power, the Québec and Chibougamau Railway, the Quebec, Saguenay and Shay Lake Railway and Canadian Transcontinental Airways. Paradis was first president of the Commission d'urbanisme de la Ville de Québec. He was editor of the Quebec city newspaper La Vigie. Paradis represented La Salle division in the Legislative Council of Quebec
from 1917 to 1927, resigning his seat after he was named to the Senate. He died in office in Quebec City at the age of 64.
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. He sat for Shawinigan division in the Senate of Canada from 1927 to 1933.
He was born in Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
, the son of Euclide Paradis and Marie-Louise Jolicœur, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval
Université Laval
Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
. He married Emma Fraser in 1891. Paradis manufactured asbestos
Asbestos
Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals used commercially for their desirable physical properties. They all have in common their eponymous, asbestiform habit: long, thin fibrous crystals...
products and was president of an asbestos mining company at Thetford Mines. He was a director for Beauharnois Power, Quebec Power, the Québec and Chibougamau Railway, the Quebec, Saguenay and Shay Lake Railway and Canadian Transcontinental Airways. Paradis was first president of the Commission d'urbanisme de la Ville de Québec. He was editor of the Quebec city newspaper La Vigie. Paradis represented La Salle division in the Legislative Council of Quebec
Legislative Council of Quebec
From 1867 until 1968, the Legislative Council of Quebec was the unelected upper house of the bicameral legislature in the Canadian province of Quebec...
from 1917 to 1927, resigning his seat after he was named to the Senate. He died in office in Quebec City at the age of 64.