- Thomas Vien
Thomas Vien, PC , QC , LL.D (
19 July 1881 –November 18 1972 ) was a Canadian politician.Born in
Lauzon, Quebec on 19 July 1881. He studied at theRoyal Military College of Canada inKingston, Ontario , then studied law at the Collège de Lévis atUniversité Laval . He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1905. He practiced with several law firms before becoming senior partner of Vien, Paré, Gould and Vien, ofMontreal, Quebec .He was first elected to the
Canadian House of Commons for the Quebec riding of Lotbinière as aLaurier Liberal in the 1917 federal election. He was re-elected in 1921 but did not run in 1925. From 1922-1923, he served as Chairman of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee. From 1924-1925, he was chairman of the Banking and Commerce Committee. From 1925 to 1931, he was the Deputy Chief Commissioner of the Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada.After returning to his legal practice, he was elected in 1935 federal election for the riding of Outremont. From 1936-1940, he served as chairman of the Standing Committee on Railways, Canals and Telegraph Lines.
He was re-elected in 1940. From 1940 to 1942, he was the Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole of the House of Commons. In 1942, he was called to the
Canadian Senate representing the senatorial division of De Lorimier, Quebec. From 1943 to 1945, he was theSpeaker of the Canadian Senate . At the age of 87, in 1968, he resigned his Senate seat. He died four years later in Montreal.External links
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/key/bio.asp?lang=E&query=1789&s=M Synopsis of federal political experience from the Library of Parliament]
* [http://www.parl.gc.ca/information/about/people/Key/SP-BL/sen/index.asp?Language=E¶m=2&id=1789 Speakers of the Senate biography]s-ttl|title=
Member of Parliament for Lotbinière
years=1917–1925s-ttl|title=Member of Parliament for Outremont
years=1935–1942
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