'Gabriel Édouard Rinfret' (
May 12,
1905 –
January 11,
1994) was a
Canadian lawyer, politician and judge.
Born in
Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, he was called to the Quebec bar in 1928. He was elected to the
Canadian House of Commons in
1945 for the Quebec riding of
Outremont. He was re-elected in
1949. A
Liberal, he was
Postmaster General from 1949 to 1952.
From 1952 to 1977, he was a judge of the
Quebec Court of Appeal. From 1977 to 1980, he was the Chief Justice of the Province of Quebec.
In 1982, he was made an Officer of the
Order of Canada. In 1979, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the
University of British Columbia.
External links
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Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament
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