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Albert Sévigny

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The department was eliminated in 1993 when the government was reorganized. The position of Secretary of State for Canada was not legally eliminated until 1996 when its remaining responsibilities were assigned to other cabinet positions and departments, particularly the newly created position of
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on the conscription issue. The country divided largely along linguistic lines: the Conservative candidates were wiped out in Quebec in a rout that cost Sévigny his seat. Borden's coalition dominated the election in English Canada, however, and he was returned with a strong majority.
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despite the strong opposition of most Quebecers, and became a staunch Conservative. He was appointed Deputy Speaker in 1915, and in 1916, he became
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who fervently opposed it. In early 1917, Borden asked Sevigny to leave the Speaker's chair and join the
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The offices of Minister of Customs and Minister of Inland Revenue were amalgamated by
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with the country divided between English Canadians who supported the measure and
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on which he served for 39 years, becoming Associate Chief Justice in 1933 and
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In Parliament, Sevigny became a supporter of Canadian participation in
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to help the government persuade Quebecers of the government's case.
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Sévigny was born in Tingwick, Quebec. He opened a law practice in
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In 1921, the Conservative government appointed Sévigny to the
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because of Sevigny's sympathy with Bourassa's views.
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Index

The Honourable
PC

Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
George V
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
The Duke of Devonshire
Robert Laird Borden
Thomas Simpson Sproule
Edgar Nelson Rhodes
Canadian Parliament
Dorchester
Joseph Alfred Ernest Roy
Lucien Cannon
Conservative
PC
Canadian
Quebec City
Quebec Conservative Party
by-election
House of Commons of Canada
1911 federal election
Conservatives
Henri Bourassa
World War I
Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
Prime Minister
Robert Borden
crisis over conscription
French-Canadians

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