Guillaume-André Fauteux

The Hon. Guillaume-André Fauteux

Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec
In office December 30, 1933 – September 10, 1940
Appointed by	R. B. Bennett
Preceded by	Frédéric Liguori Béique
Succeeded by	Léon Mercier Gouin
Personal details
Born	(1874-10-20)October 20, 1874 St-Benoît, Quebec
Died	September 10, 1940(1940-09-10) (aged 65)
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Solicitor General of Canada (1921 & 1926)

Guillaume-André Fauteux (October 20, 1874 – September 10, 1940) was a Canadian politician and Senator.

Born in St-Benoît, Quebec, a Conservative, he was defeated six times (1908, 1921, 1925, 1925 by-election, 1926, and 1930) while attempting to become a Member of Parliament.

From October 1, 1921 to December 28, 1921, he was the Solicitor General of Canada. From August 23, 1926 to September 24, 1926, during Arthur Meighen's short lived second term, he was the Solicitor General of Canada.

In 1933, he was appointed to the Senate representing the senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. He died in office in 1940.

References

Guillaume-André Fauteux – Parliament of Canada biography

Solicitors General of Canada

Curran Tupper Fitzpatrick Carroll Lemieux Bureau Meighen Guthrie Fauteux McKenzie McMurray Cannon Fauteux Cannon Dupré Jean Lapointe Garson Campney Macdonald Balcer Browne MacNaught Pennell Turner McIlraith Goyer Allmand Fox Basford (acting) Blais Lawrence Kaplan MacKay Beatty Kelleher Beatty (acting) Blais Cadieux Lewis Gray Scott MacAulay Easter¹

¹The office of Solicitor General was abolished and the office of Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness was in force April 4, 2005.

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