Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume

Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Jacques Cartier
In office 1922–1930
Preceded by	David Arthur Lafortune
Succeeded by	Georges-Philippe Laurin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Jacques-Cartier
In office 1933–1935
Preceded by	Victor Marchand
Succeeded by	Frederick Arthur Monk
Personal details
Born	(1874-09-13)September 13, 1874 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	August 10, 1954(1954-08-10) (aged 79) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Other political affiliations	Quebec Liberal Party

Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume (September 13, 1874 – August 10, 1954) was a Quebec politician, lawyer and judge.

Rhéaume earned his law degree at Laval University and was admitted to the bar in 1903 and became King's Counsel in 1914.

He was elected by acclamation as a Liberal to the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Jacques Cartier in a 1922 by-election. He was re-elected in the 1925 and 1926 federal elections twice defeating Esioff-Léon Patenaude who was Conservative leader Arthur Meighen's Quebec lieutenant and Justice minister. However, Rhéaume lost his seat in the 1930 federal election.

Rhéaume moved to provincial politics and was elected by acclamation to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as the Quebec Liberal Party MLA for Jacques-Cartier provincial electoral district in 1933. He did not run for re-election in the 1935 provincial election.

In 1936, he was appointed to the bench of the Quebec Superior Court for the district of Montreal.

Electoral record

By-election on 20 November 1922
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume	acclaimed

v t e 1925 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume	16,826
	Conservative	Esioff-Léon Patenaude	14,956

v t e 1926 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume	18,755
	Conservative	Esioff-Léon Patenaude	16,602

v t e 1930 Canadian federal election: Jacques Cartier
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Georges-Philippe Laurin	22,907
	Liberal	Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume	20,438
	Independent Liberal	Wilfrid-Émile Ranger	981

References

• Joseph-Théodule Rhéaume – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.