Alphonse Bernier was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and provincial politician.

Born in Lévis

Lévis, Quebec

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, Canada East

Canada East

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, Bernier studied at the Séminaire de Québec, Collège de Lévis, and Université Laval

Université Laval

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. He was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1883. He received a Ph.d. in Law from Université Laval in 1887 and was created a King's Counsel in 1903.

He practiced law in Quebec City and was a professor of commercial and maritime law at Université Laval from 1889 to 1934.

He was mayor of Lévis from 1907 to 1917. He ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative candidate in the 1890 provincial elections

Quebec general election, 1890

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 in the riding of Dorchester

Dorchester (provincial electoral district)

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 and the Conservative candidate in the 1900 federal elections

Canadian federal election, 1900

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 in the riding of Montmagny

Montmagny (electoral district)

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. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 for Lévis

Lévis (provincial electoral district)

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 in 1912

Quebec general election, 1912

The Quebec general election of 1912 was held on May 15, 1912 to elect members of the 13th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada...

. He was defeated in 1916

Quebec general election, 1916

The Quebec general election of 1916 was held on May 22, 1916 to elect members of the 14th Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada...

 and was also defeated in the 1917 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1917

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 in Lévis

Lévis (electoral district)

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From 1921 to 1942, he was a Judge of the Court of King's Bench.

He died in Lévis, Quebec in 1944 and was buried in the Mont-Marie Cemetery in Lévis.