Jules-Édouard Prévost

The Hon. Jules-Édouard Prévost
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Terrebonne
In office December 1917 – June 1930
Preceded by	Gédéon Rochon
Succeeded by	Louis-Étienne Parent
Senator for Mille Isles, Quebec
In office June 1930 – October 1943
Appointed by	William Lyon Mackenzie King
Preceded by	Napoléon Kemner Laflamme
Succeeded by	Armand Daigle
Personal details
Born	(1871-11-21)21 November 1871 Saint-Jérôme, Quebec
Died
Political party	Laurier Liberals Liberal
Spouse(s)	Hermine Smith m. 16 July 1912
Profession	journalist, publisher

Jules-Édouard Prévost (21 November 1871 – 13 October 1943) was a Laurier Liberal and Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. He was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and became a journalist and publisher.

Prévost attended Collège Saint-Suplice in Montreal then studied further in Paris and Rome. He was a director of the newspaper l'Avenir du Nord. In 1910, he became a member of Quebec's Council of Public Instruction and from 1914 to 1916 was president of the French Aid Society for Terrebonne County.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Terrebonne riding under the Laurier Liberals in the 1917 general election. After this, he was re-elected as a Liberal in 1921, 1925 and 1926.

During his term in the 16th Canadian Parliament, Prévost was appointed to the Senate on 3 June 1930 and remained in that role until his death on 13 October 1943.

External links

• Jules-Édouard Prévost – Parliament of Canada biography