Editing Ernest Lapointe (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician (1876–1941)}}
{{For|the ship|CCGS Ernest Lapointe}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
| name             = Ernest Lapointe
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|size=100%}}
| image            = Ernest Lapointe.jpg
| office           = [[Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada|Minister of Justice<br />Attorney General of Canada]]
| primeminister    = [[W. L. Mackenzie King]]
| term_start       = October 23, 1935
| term_end         = November 26, 1941
| predecessor      = [[George Reginald Geary]]
| successor        = [[Joseph-Enoil Michaud]] (acting)
| primeminister1   = W. L. Mackenzie King
| term_start1      = September 25, 1926
| term_end1        = August 6, 1930
| predecessor1     = [[Esioff-Léon Patenaude]]
| successor1       = [[Hugh Guthrie]]
| primeminister2   = W. L. Mackenzie King
| term_start2      = January 30, 1924
| term_end2        = June 28, 1926<br />{{small|Acting: January 4, 1924 – January 29, 1924}}
| predecessor2     = [[Lomer Gouin]]
| successor2       = Hugh Guthrie (acting)
| office3          = [[Secretary of State of Canada]]
| term_start3      = March 24, 1926
| term_end3        = June 28, 1926 (acting)
| primeminister3   = W. L. Mackenzie King
| predecessor3     = [[Charles Murphy (Canadian politician)|Charles Murphy]] {{small|(Acting)}}
| successor3       = [[George Halsey Perley]]
| term_start4      = July 26, 1939
| term_end4        = May 8, 1940 (acting)
| primeminister4   = W. L. Mackenzie King
| predecessor4     = [[Fernand Rinfret]]
| successor4       = [[Pierre-François Casgrain]]
| riding5          = [[Quebec East]]
| parliament5      = Canadian
| predecessor5     = [[Wilfrid Laurier]]
| successor5       = [[Louis St. Laurent]]
| term_start5      = October 27, 1919
| term_end5        = November 26, 1941
| riding6          = [[Kamouraska (federal electoral district)|Kamouraska]]
| parliament6      = 
| predecessor6     = [[Henry George Carroll]]
| successor6       = [[Charles-Adolphe Stein]]
| term_start6      = February 12, 1904
| term_end6        = October 14, 1919
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1876|10|6}}
| birth_place      = [[Saint-Éloi, Quebec]], Canada
| death_date       = {{death date and age|1941|11|26|1876|10|6}}
| death_place      = 
| spouse           = {{marriage|Emma Pratte|1904}}
| party            = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| children         = [[Hugues Lapointe]]
| relations        = [[Arthur-Joseph Lapointe]] (nephew)
| residence        = 
| alma_mater       = [[Laval University]]
| occupation       = [[Lawyer]]
| profession       = 
}}

'''Ernest Lapointe''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC}} (October 6, 1876 &ndash; November 26, 1941) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.  A member of Parliament from Quebec City, he was a senior minister in the government of Prime Minister [[W. L. Mackenzie King]], playing an important role on issues relating to legal affairs, Quebec and French-speaking Canada.