Frédéric Liguori Béique
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Frédéric Liguori Béique, PC
Queen's Privy Council for Canada
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 (May 20, 1845 – September 12, 1933) was a Canadian
Canada
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 lawyer and politician.

Born in Saint-Mathias, Quebec
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, he was trained as a lawyer and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1868. From 1899 to 1905, he was the president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society
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. In 1902, he was appointed to the Canadian Senate
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 representing senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. A Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
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, he served until his death in 1933. In 1932, Béique nominated Raoul Dandurand
Raoul Dandurand
Raoul Dandurand, PC was a Canadian politician and longtime organizer in Quebec for the Liberal Party of Canada....

 for the Nobel Prize in Peace
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