Louis-Amable Jetté
Canadian politician
Died when: 84 years 111 days (1011 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, KCMG (French pronunciation: [lwi amabl ʒɛte]; 15 January 1836 – 5 May 1920) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, professor, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
He was born in L'Assomption, Lower Canada (now Quebec) in 1836.In 1872, he was elected to the House of Commons of Canada representing the riding of Montreal East.
A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1874.Jetté was chief justice of the Court of King's Bench.From 1898 to 1908 he was the lieutenant governor of Quebec.
He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) during the visit to Quebec of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) in October 1901.
He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.
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