Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, (15 January 1836 – 5 May 1920) was a Canadian

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 lawyer, politician, judge, professor, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

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. He was born in L'Assomption, Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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 (now Quebec

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) in 1836.

In 1872

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, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 representing the riding of Montreal East

Montreal East (electoral district)

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. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1874

Canadian federal election, 1874

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From 1898 to 1908, he was the lieutenant governor of Quebec. He was chief justice of the Court of King’s Bench.

Family

His wife, Lady Jette, was the daughter of Rodolphe Laflamme

Rodolphe Laflamme

Toussaint-Antoine-Rodolphe Laflamme, PC , was a French-Canadian lawyer, professor of law and politician. He was a partner in a prominent Montreal, Quebec law firm, and was known for his support of the Liberal party...

. 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 institutions connected with the Church of Rome in Canada. She wrote a biography of Saint Marie-Marguerite d'Youville

Marie-Marguerite d'Youville

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 who founded the religious order the Order of Sisters of Charity of Montreal.

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

Alaska Boundary Dispute

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