Auguste-Réal Angers

The Honourable Sir Auguste-Réal Angers PC
Senator for De la Vallière, Quebec
In office December 16, 1892 – June 10, 1896
Nominated by	John Sparrow David Thompson
Preceded by	Anselme-Homère Pâquet
Succeeded by	Alfred Thibaudeau
6th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
In office October 29, 1887 – December 4, 1892
Monarch	Victoria
Governor General	The Marquess of Lansdowne The Lord Stanley of Preston
Premier	Honoré Mercier Charles Boucher de Boucherville
Preceded by	Louis-Rodrigue Masson
Succeeded by	Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montmorency
In office February 14, 1880 – November 12, 1880
Preceded by	Pierre-Vincent Valin
Succeeded by	Pierre-Vincent Valin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montmorency
In office February 11, 1874 – February 14, 1880
Preceded by	Joseph Édouard Cauchon
Succeeded by	Charles Langelier
Personal details
Born	4 October 1837 Quebec City, Lower Canada
Died	14 April 1919 (aged 81) Westmount, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Provincial: Conservative Federal: Conservative
Spouse(s)	Julie-Marguerite Chinic (m. 1869) Émélie Le Moine (m. 1890)
Children	1 daughter and 2 sons
Residence	Quebec City
Alma mater	Université Laval
Occupation	lawyer, judge
Profession	politician
Cabinet	Provincial: Attorney General (1876-1878) Solicitor General (1874-1876) Federal: Minister of Agriculture (1892-1895) President of the Privy Council (1896)

Sir Auguste-Réal Angers PC (4 October 1837 – 14 April 1919) was a Canadian judge and parliamentarian, holding seats both as a member of the Canadian House of Commons, and as a Senator. He was born in 1837 probably in Quebec City and died in Westmount, Quebec, in 1919.

He served in the cabinets of Sir John Sparrow David Thompson and Sir Mackenzie Bowell as Minister of Agriculture and as President of the Privy Council under Sir Charles Tupper. He also served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec after being elected in Montmorency in 1874 as a Conservative.

He was knighted in the 1913 New Year Honours.^[1]

References

1. "The New Year Honours". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 1 January 1913. p. 8.

• Auguste-Réal Angers – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Auguste-Réal Angers". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.