Canadian politician

Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, KCMG (French pronunciation::​; 15 January 1836 – 5 May 1920) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, professor, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He was born in L'*omption, Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1836.

In 1872, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Montreal East. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1874.

Jetté was chief justice of the Court of King's Bench.

From 1898 to 1908 he was the lieutenant governor of Quebec. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) during the visit to Quebec of TRH the Duke and *ss of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) in October 1901. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.

Contents

• 1 Family
• 2 Electoral record
• 3 Legacy
• 4 References

Family

Lady Jetté by Livernois, Quebec

His wife, Lady Jette, was the daughter of Rodolphe Laflamme. She was born in Montreal, Quebec March 27, 1841. The couple married, in 1862 and lived at `Spencerwood` Quebec. She volunteered with various benevolent and religious ins*utions connected with the Church of Rome in Canada. She wrote a biography of Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville who founded the religious order the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal.

Electoral record

Legacy

Mount Jetté in British Columbia, just inside the junction of the BC, Alaska and Yukon borders at the province's extreme northwest, is named for him. Jetté was a member of the Canadian Boundary Tribunal leading to the resolution of the Alaska Boundary Dispute.

References

• Normand, Sylvio (1998). "Jetté, Sir Louis-Amable". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol.:XIV (1911–1920) (online:ed.). University of Toronto Press.
• Louis-Amable Jetté – Parliament of Canada biography