Philippe-Jacques Paradis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian politician
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Place of Birth: Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
About Philippe-Jacques Paradis
- Philippe-Jacques Paradis (August 4, 1868 – June 20, 1933) was a manufacturer and political figure in Quebec.
- He sat for Shawinigan division in the Senate of Canada from 1927 to 1933.He was born in Quebec City, the son of Euclide Paradis and Marie-Louise Jolicœur, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval.
- He married Emma Fraser in 1891.
- Paradis manufactured asbestos products and was president of an asbestos mining company at Thetford Mines.
- He was a director for Beauharnois Power, Quebec Power, the Québec and Chibougamau Railway, the Quebec, Saguenay and Shay Lake Railway and Canadian Transcontinental Airways.
- Paradis was first president of the Commission d'urbanisme de la Ville de Québec.
- He was editor of the Quebec city newspaper La Vigie.
- Paradis represented La Salle division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1917 to 1927, resigning his seat after he was named to the Senate.
- He died in office in Quebec City at the age of 64.
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