Frederick Debartzch Monk

The Hon.
Frederick Debartzch Monk
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Jacques Cartier
In office
1896–1914
Preceded by Napoléon Charbonneau
Succeeded by Joseph Adélard Descarries
Personal details
Born (1856-04-06)April 6, 1856
Montreal, Canada East
Died May 15, 1914(1914-05-15) (aged 58)
Montreal, Quebec
Political party Conservative
Relations Pierre-Dominique Debartzch, grandfather
Children Frederick Arthur Monk
Cabinet Minister of Public Works (1911–1912)

Frederick Debartzch Monk, PC QC (April 6, 1856 – May 15, 1914) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the son of The Hon. Mr Justice Samuel Cornwallis Monk (1814–1888) and Rosalie Caroline Debartzch (1819–1889), daughter of The Hon. Pierre-Dominique Debartzch. His grandmother, Anne (Gugy) Monk was a daughter of Col. The Hon. Louis Gugy. He received a Bachelor of Civil Law degree in 1877 from McGill University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1878. From 1888 to 1914, he taught in the faculty of law at the Université Laval. In 1893, he was made a Queen's Counsel.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in 1896 as a Conservative Member of Parliament for the riding of Jacques Cartier. He was re-elected in 1900, 1904, 1908, and 1911. He resigned from Cabinet on October 28, 1912 after disagreeing with Sir Robert Borden over the refusal of a referendum on Canadian purchase of three dreadnought class ships for Laurier´s ´Tin Pot Navy.´[1] From 1911 to 1912, he was the Minister of Public Works. Monk continued as a backbench MP, though his relations with the Conservative Party were increasingly strained, until March 2, 1914 when he resigned from the House of Commons due to ill health. He died two months later.

His son, Frederick Arthur Monk, was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1935 to 1936.

References

  1. ↑ Morton, Desmond (2006). A Short History of Canada, 6th ed. Toronto, Ontario: McClelland and Stewart. p. 173. ISBN 0-7710-6480-2.


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