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Past Lieutenant Governors
The Honourable Joseph Edouard Cauchon
Archives of Manitoba: Cauchon, Joseph
E. 1 (N19153)
Term of Office: 8 October 1877 - 29 September 1882
Born: St. Rochs, Quebec, 31 December 1816
Died: Whitewood, Northwest Territories, 23 February 1885
- Educated at Quebec Seminary, became journalist and editor of Le Canadien
1841, founded Le Journal de Quebec 1842 and called to bar of Lower Canada
1843 but never practiced.
- Mayor of Quebec for some years.
- Sat in Canadian Assembly from 1844 until Confederation, serving as
Commissioner of Crown Lands for Canada 1855-57 and Commissioner of Public
Works 1861-62.
- Elected by acclamation 1867 to both House of Commons and the Quebec
Legislative Assembly.
- Invited to form the provincial government in Quebec in 1867 but unable
to attract sufficient support in the Legislative Assembly.
- Resigned Commons seat when called to Senate and appointed Speaker
November 1867.
- Resigned Senate seat July 1872 and returned to Commons in general
election.
- Resigned Legislative Assembly seat 1872 when accused of conflict of
interest (owned an insane asylum subsidized by Quebec government) but
again returned by acclamation; continued serving in Assembly until 1874.
- Re-elected by acclamation to Commons 1874 and served as President
of Privy Council 1875-77 and Minister of Inland Revenue 1877.
- Resigned from Commons 1877 to accept appointment as Lieutenant Governor
of Manitoba. Appointment widely criticized in Manitoba and Eastern Canada,
with claims that previous conduct and self-aggrandizement made him unsuitable
for the vice-regal office.
- Took little active interest in the affairs of Manitoba, preferring
to involve himself in private real estate deals. Became a recluse in
Government House following death of his wife shortly after assuming
office.
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