Rodolphe LEMIEUX
LEMIEUX, The Hon. Rodolphe, P.C., K.C., B.C.L., LL.D.
Personal Data
- Party
- Liberal
- Constituency
- Gaspé (Quebec)
- Birth Date
- November 1, 1866
- Deceased Date
- September 28, 1937
- Website
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolphe_Lemieux
- PARLINFO
- http://www.parl.gc.ca/parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=733cae8a-7e57-46c6-ab2e-478ac991835f&Language=E&Section=ALL
- Profession
- author, journalist, lawyer, lecturer
Parliamentary Career
- June 23, 1896 - October 9, 1900
- LIBGaspé (Quebec)
- November 7, 1900 - September 29, 1904
- LIBGaspé (Quebec)
- Solicitor General of Canada (January 29, 1904 - June 3, 1906)
- February 20, 1904 - September 29, 1904
- LIBGaspé (Quebec)
- Solicitor General of Canada (January 29, 1904 - June 3, 1906)
- November 3, 1904 - September 17, 1908
- LIBNicolet (Quebec)
- Solicitor General of Canada (January 29, 1904 - June 3, 1906)
- Postmaster General (June 4, 1906 - August 10, 1911)
- Minister of Labour (June 4, 1906 - May 18, 1909)
- October 26, 1908 - July 29, 1911
- LIBGaspé (Quebec)
- Postmaster General (June 4, 1906 - August 10, 1911)
- Minister of Labour (June 4, 1906 - May 18, 1909)
- September 21, 1911 - October 6, 1917
- LIBRouville (Quebec)
- Minister of the Naval Service (August 11, 1911 - October 6, 1911)
- Minister of Marine and Fisheries (August 11, 1911 - October 6, 1911)
- December 17, 1917 - October 4, 1921
- L LIBGaspé (Quebec)
- December 6, 1921 - September 5, 1925
- LIBGaspé (Quebec)
- Speaker of the House of Commons (March 8, 1922 - June 2, 1930)
- October 29, 1925 - July 2, 1926
- LIBGaspé (Quebec)
- Speaker of the House of Commons (March 8, 1922 - June 2, 1930)
- September 14, 1926 - May 30, 1930
- LIBGaspé (Quebec)
- Speaker of the House of Commons (March 8, 1922 - June 2, 1930)
Most Recent Speeches (Page 3 of 1765)
May 30, 1930
Mr. SPEAKER:
Nobody has the right to use the hon. gentleman's frank, but I am sure after what he has just stated that his electors will know that he never said what is in those letters.
May 30, 1930
Mr. SPEAKER:
This is a matter for the Postmaster General to deal with.
May 30, 1930
Mr. SPEAKER:
Let me tell my hon. friend at once: the Senate itself deals with its own employees. It appoints its officers; it appoints its servants as it pleases. The House of Commons is in a different position. Our appointments come under the Civil Service Commission.
May 30, 1930
Mr. SPEAKER:
Mr. Prime Minister, Mr. Bennett, I wish to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind words. I have been in the house for thirty-four years. My heart is in this house. From the day I came here I have met friends only. On returning home this evening I can truly say that as Speaker of the Commons I have been actuated by good faith and fairness to all. When I took the Chair in 1922, I resolved that from the moment I stepped into it I should cease to be a partisan. I had been, God knows, a good partisan. I have striven to live up to my promise and I can declare honestly and conscientiously, that in every ruling, in every decision I gave as Speaker of the House of Commons, I have ignored parties and have followed the standing orders, the usages, the customs and traditions of parliament.
In 1926, when for the third time you unanimously reelected me Speaker of the house, I said that every morning as I passed in front of the monument of Alexander Mackenzie, that great Scoteh-Canadian and revered Prime Minister of the Dominion from 1874 to 1878,-I would read the beautiful inscription which characterized his life and crystallized his sense of responsibility:
Duty -was his law, conscience his ruler.
I have tried to live up to the great teaching that I find in that sentence.
Once more, I thank all parties in the House of Commons for the support they have given me. I have tried to maintain here British parliamentary traditions, and if I have a word of advice to offer to you, my friends, it is that in future, whether you sit on the left or on the right of the Speaker, or there, yonder, you will live up to those traditions. What is taking place in the world to-day shows conclusively that after all those traditions. when deeply rooted in the soil, constitute the best safeguard for justice and Liberty.
Motion agreed to and at 9.30 p.m. the sitting was suspended until 10.15 this day.
Prorogation
The house resumed at 10.15 o'clock.
May 30, 1930
Mr. SPEAKER:
I have been in the house almost every minute for several days. Yesterday I heard what was said in the house by the two leaders. I do not know whether the hon. member for Acadia spoke, but I suppose he shared the views of both leaders, and I will act accordingly. I saw the leader of the opposition this morning. Although I am nearer to the Prime Minister, I have not yet had an opportunity of conferring with him. There is to be a conference and on the broad principle of acting generously the committee can depend I shall do the right thing.