Date Published:

L’Encyclopédie de l’histoire du Québec / The Quebec History Encyclopedia

Maurice Dupré

Of Fitzpatrick, Dupré, Gagnon & Taschereau, Barristers, 111 Mountain Hill, Quebec, Que. Born Lévis, Que., March 20, 1888, son of H. Edmond Dupré, Officier de l'Instruction Publique (France) and Marie (Blanchet) Dupré, daughter of Hon. Dr. J. G. Blanchet, former Speaker of both the House of Commons and Legislative Assembly. Educated: Collège de Lévis; Laval and Oxford Universities (LL.L.). Read law with Taschereau, Roy, Cannon, Parent & Fitzpatrick, 1908-11; called to the Bar of Quebec, 1911. Married Anita Arden Dowd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Dowd, Sr., New York , N.Y., Nov. 26, 1919 . Clubs: Garrison; Quebec Golf; Quebec Tennis; Quebec Squash Racquet; Canadian (President, 1923). Recreation: Tennis, golf, squash ball. Catholic. Residence: 144 Grand Allée, Quebec, Que.

Source: Prominent People of the Province of Quebec, 1923-24, Montreal, Biographical Society of Canada, Limited, undated and unpaginated. Correct French spelling and accents have been restored.