Louis Coderre

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1865–1935)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = The Honourable | name = Louis Coderre | honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}} | image = Louis Coderre.jpg | caption = Coderre in 1912 | image_size = | constituency_MP1 = Hochelaga | parliament1 = Canadian | predecessor1 = Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet | successor1 = Esioff-Léon Patenaude | term_start1 = 1911 | term_end1 = 1915 | office2 = Secretary of State for Canada | predecessor2 = William James Roche | successor2 = Pierre Édouard Blondin | term_start2 = October 29, 1912 | term_end2 = October 5, 1915 | office3 = Minister of Mines | predecessor3 = William James Roche | successor3 = Pierre Édouard Blondin | term_start3 = February 10, 1913 | term_end3 = October 5, 1915 | birth_date = {{birth date|1865|11|01}} | birth_place = Saint-Ours, Canada East | death_date = {{death date and age|1935|03|29|1865|11|01}} | death_place = | spouse = | party = Conservative | cabinet = | relations = | children = | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = }} '''Louis Coderre''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (November 1, 1865 – March 29, 1935) was a Canadian politician.

Born in Saint-Ours, Canada East, Coderre's spent his early career practising as a lawyer. A Conservative, he unsuccessfully ran in the 1908 federal election in the Quebec riding of Hochelaga. He ran again in Hochelaga in the 1911 federal election, defeating MP Louis-Alfred-Adhémar Rivet.

From 1912 to 1915, Coderre was the secretary of state for Canada. He also served as the minister of mines from 1913 to 1915.

== Electoral record == {{CANelec/top|CA|19 November 1912|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec/note|Coderre appointed Secretary of State for Canada, 29 October 1912}} {{CANelec|CA|Conservative (historical)|Louis Coderre|4,276|68.10|+12.81 }} |- {{Canadian party colour|CA|Independent|row}} | style="width: 160px"|Nationalist |Léopold Doyon |align=right|2,003 |align=right|31.90 |align=right| |- {{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|6,279|100.00}} {{end}}

==References== * {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=2222}}

==External links== * [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/coderre_louis_16E.html Louis Coderre at biographi.ca]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Coderre, Louis}} Category:1865 births Category:1935 deaths Category:Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Category:Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Category:Université de Montréal alumni