Honorific-Prefix: | The Hon. |
Charles Bourgeois | |
Office: | Senator for Shawinegan, Quebec |
Appointer: | R. B. Bennett |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Predecessor: | Philippe-Jacques Paradis |
Successor: | Charles-Édouard Ferland |
Term Start: | 1935 |
Term End: | 1940 |
Parliament2: | Canadian |
Predecessor2: | Arthur Bettez |
Successor2: | District was abolished in 1933 |
Term Start2: | 1931 |
Term End2: | 1935 |
Birth Date: | 29 July 1879 |
Birth Place: | Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Conservative |
Charles Bourgeois (July 29, 1879 - May 15, 1940) was a politician in the Quebec, Canada. He served as a Member of Parliament and as a Senator.
He was born on July 29, 1879, in Trois-Rivières, Mauricie. He was an attorney.
He ran as a Conservative candidate to the House of Commons of Canada in 1926 in the district of Nicolet but lost. He won a seat in the district of Three Rivers and St. Maurice in a 1931 by-election, but did not run for re-election in 1935.
In 1935, Bourgeois was appointed to the Canadian Senate on the advice of Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett and served until his death. He represented the division of Shawinegan.
He died in office on May 15, 1940.