Minister of Justice

The post of justice minister carried with it material and social advantages for Ernest Lapointe. As a senior minister he had a salary of $10,000, plus an indemnity of $4,000 for expenses, at a time when the average family of four lived on $1,500 a year. Naturally he had to give up his law practice....

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Published inErnest Lapointe p. 73
Main Author Betcherman, Lita-Rose
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada University of Toronto Press 01.03.2002
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Capital punishment
Civil service
Communications
Communicative content
Conservatism
Criminal justice
Criminal law
Criminal punishment
Executive branch
Federal government structure
Governance
Government
Government budgets
Government cabinets
Government officials
Heads of state
Law
Liberalism
National government
Political ideologies
Political philosophy
Political science
Prime ministers
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Public administration
Social sciences
Solicitors general
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Summary:The post of justice minister carried with it material and social advantages for Ernest Lapointe. As a senior minister he had a salary of $10,000, plus an indemnity of $4,000 for expenses, at a time when the average family of four lived on $1,500 a year. Naturally he had to give up his law practice. He moved his family to Ottawa, leasing the spacious ground floor of a converted mansion on Chapel Street in the residential district of Sandy Hill. Whether by chance or design, it was half a block from Laurier House, the fine residence King had inherited from
ISBN:0802035752
9780802035752
DOI:10.3138/9781442674592.11