Arthur Marcotte
Arthur Marcotte (March 8, 1873 – August 18, 1958) was a Canadian lawyer and politician in Saskatchewan. He sat in the Senate for the Ponteix division as a Conservative from 1931 until his death in 1958.
Born in Sault-au-Récolle near Montreal, he was the son of Hormisdas Marcotte and Célina Beauchamp. He studied at the Séminaire de Ste-Thérèse and the Université de Montréal, and married Hermine Germain in 1894.
Marcotte worked as secretary to Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel (1896–1897) and then as an accountant for the Quebec Department of Crown Lands until 1904. He was Canada’s amateur billiards champion in 1901 and played in the World Billiards Championship in New York City. He founded the Académie de Billard Marcotte in Montreal in 1904.
He moved to Saskatchewan in 1910 and joined the Regina bar in 1914. He ran unsuccessfully for the Notukeu provincial seat in 1912 and 1917, and for the federal Willow Bunch riding in 1926. He served as president of the Association des professionnels canadiens-français de la Saskatchewan and as vice-president of the Association Franco-canadienne.
Marcotte was appointed to the Senate by Prime Minister R. B. Bennett and served there until his death at age 85.
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