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Former Cabinet Minister Is DeadfinHON. ARTHUR SAUVEMONTREAL, Feb. 7~lt;P~~Senator Arthur Sauve, postmaster general in the conservative cabinet of Rt. ’ Hon. R. B. Bennett, died in hospital here Sunday alter a long illness. He was 69.Mr. Sauve entered the journalistic field early in life and became secretary of the editorial staff of the Montreal daily La Patrie. Later he turned to periodicals and became editor-in-chief of the Nation and later of Le Canadien.He entered the political field in 1903 when he was elected \o the provincial legislature representing Two Mountains. He was re-elected in 1912, 1916, 1919, 1923 and 1927.He resigned as provincial leader of the Conservative party in 1927 but retained his seat until 1930 when he resigned to contest the Two Mountains seat in the house of commons. He was elected, and became a member of the Privy Council and postmaster general the same year. He remained as post-\ master general until his elevation to the senate in 1935.o* 5? w 3 s®
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Lethbridge Herald
Lethbridge, Alberta, CA
Mon, Feb 07, 1944
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