Adolphe-Basile Routhier
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Sir Adolphe-Basile Routhier Template:Post-nominals ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; May 8, 1839 – June 27, 1920) was a Canadian judge, author, and lyricist. He wrote the lyrics of the original French version of the Canadian national anthem "O Canada". He was born in Saint-Placide, Quebec, to Charles Routhier and Angélique Lafleur.<ref name="CTQ-SP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Early life and educationEdit
Routhier was born and grew up in Saint-Placide, Quebec, on his family's farm. He attended Séminaire de Ste-Thérèse, and later studied law at Université Laval.<ref name="Colombo1978">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Anthems1967">Template:Cite book</ref> He graduated and was called to the Quebec bar in 1861.
CareerEdit
Routhier practised law in Kamouraska until he was appointed to the Quebec Superior Court in 1873 (as Chief Justice from 1904 to 1906) and Admiralty of the Exchequer Court of Canada (from 1897 to 1906).<ref name="biographi.ca">Template:Cite DCB</ref><ref name="Anthems1967" />
Routhier ran as a Conservative candidate for the riding of Kamouraska in several federal elections, but he was never elected.<ref name="biographi.ca"/><ref name="Thompson2015">Template:Cite book</ref>
Routhier wrote a number of books under the name Jean Piquefort.<ref name="KuitenbrouwerSpires2015">Template:Cite book</ref>
Routhier's poem "Ô Canada" was commissioned by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Théodore Robitaille for the 1880 Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day ceremony.<ref name="DCHOCanada">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In June 1914, Routhier was one of the three judges appointed to conduct the Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the Canadian Pacific steamship Template:RMS, which had resulted in the loss of 1,012 lives.<ref name="Marshall2014">Template:Cite book</ref>
PersonalEdit
Routhier married Clorinde Mondelet on November 12, 1862, in Quebec and had one son.<ref name="biographi.ca" />
HonoursEdit
Many sites and landmarks were named to honour Basile Routhier. They include:
- Rue Basile-Routhier (Basile-Routhier Street), located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada;
- Place Basile-Routhier, located in Shawinigan;
- Rue Basile-Routhier in Montreal, Quebec;
- Boulevard Basile-Routhier in Repentigny, Quebec.
- Avenue Sir Adolphe Routhier in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada;
Selected publicationsEdit
- Les Echos, P. G. Delisle, 1882.
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