Louis-Amable Jetté
Politician
1836 – 1920
Who was Louis-Amable Jetté?
Sir Louis-Amable Jetté, KCMG was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, professor, and the eighth Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. He was born in L'Assomption, Lower Canada in 1836.
In 1872, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons 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 during the visit to Quebec of TRH the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in October 1901.
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