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Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Liberal leader and chief justice

Antoine-Aimé Dorion, Ottawa, March 1868. Antoine-Aimé Dorion, mars 1868 · Unknown author · Photo source · Photo licence: Public domain. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Antoine-Aimé Dorion of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, a civil law professor and president of the Bar, succeeded Papineau as leader of the Liberals and co-led the Macdonald–Dorion ministry in 1863. Though he opposed Confederation, he became federal Minister of Justice under Mackenzie in 1873 and was chief justice of Quebec from 1874 until his death.

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Dorion as described in his designation.

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Sir Antoine-Aimé Dorion National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

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