Sicotte Louis Victor 1812-1889 Born In St Famille Boucherville

Quebec. Studied law, and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1838.

Entered public life, 1852, as member for St. Hyacinthe. Elected Speaker

of the Assembly, 1854, and held the office until 1857; appointed to the

Executive Council as commissioner of crown lands, 1853; and held the

same office, 1857-1858; chief commissioner of public works, 1858;

attorney-general, 1862-1863. In the latter year appointed a judge of the

Superior Court, retiring 1887. =Index=: (Lord Elgin era) Declines seat in

Hincks-Morin ministry, 126; proposes secularization of Clergy Reserves,

126-127; elected Speaker, 1854, 135-136. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) A follower of Cartier, 24;

forms Macdonald-Sicotte administration, 24. (Sir John A Macdonald era) Leader of moderate

Reformers, forms ministry with Sandfield Macdonald, 89. =Bib.=: Rose,

Cyc. Can. Biog.; Dent, Last Forty Years.