much to lose, politicians such as Hector-Louis Langevin and Joseph-Édouard

come within the truncated Department of Public Works, where, on 4 October, he was promoted deputy minister, under Hector-Louis Langevin. For more than

Quebec City region and the éminence grise behind Sir Hector-Louis Langevin. Both from Irish families, the two men apparently knew and understood each other so well that during the election

relegated to the opposition. At this time Hector-Louis Langevin was trying to establish his role as leader of

Cartier*, Joseph-Édouard Cauchon*, Hector-Louis

due to the support of Hector-Louis Langevin and to his own reputation for thoroughness and honesty

the convention. This turn of events appears to confirm Hector-Louis Langevin’s opinion that Howland was

LANGEVIN, Sir HECTOR-LOUIS, lawyer, journalist, and politician; b

*]. Compromised in the scandal, Hector-Louis Langevin, who had inherited the leadership of the Quebec Conservatives

 Hector-Louis Langevin, were implicated in manipulating contracts, Osler was retained. According to the

*, whom Cartier and Hector-Louis Langevin had propelled into office as premier of Quebec in place of Joseph

. (Rose and Charlesworth), 2: 405. Raoul Dandurand, Les mémoires du sénateur Raoul Dandurand (1861–1942), Marcel Hamelin, édit. (Québec, 1967). Désilets, Hector-Louis Langevin

keep the Conservatives in power by bringing the supporters of Chapleau and the Castors together, Sir Hector-Louis

file of 31 letters from Royal to Sir Hector-Louis Langevin

 Hector-Louis Langevin served as minister of public works for a few months in 1891–92 under John Joseph

, on 12 June 1875. On 17 July he went into partnership with Louis-Georges Desjardins. Tarte dealt with editorial matters, with the bookkeeping to some extent, and with wheedling out of Hector

the 1863 elections Taschereau ran as the Liberal candidate in Dorchester against Hector-Louis Langevin

of which Hector-Louis Langevin was political director. This brief stay at Quebec gave him a rare opportunity to immerse himself in political life. Later, when he was president of the Compagnie