Alcide Côté



Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville
In office 1945–1955
Succeeded by	J.-Armand Ménard
Personal details
Born	(1903-05-19)May 19, 1903 St-Jean, Quebec
Died	August 7, 1955(1955-08-07) (aged 52)
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Postmaster General (1952-1955)

Alcide Côté, PC (May 19, 1903 – August 7, 1955) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, he was a lawyer before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Saint-Jean—Iberville—Napierville in the 1945 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1949 and 1953. From 1952 to 1955, he was the Postmaster General of Canada.^[1] He died while in office and had a state funeral.^[2]

References

Postmasters General

Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet¹

¹The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

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