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The Right Honourable Raoul Dandurand

Senator Raoul Dandurand, one of the Senate’s most influential Speakers, is immortalized in this bronze bust.

Senator Dandurand spent 44 years (1898-1942) in the Red Chamber, an era encompassing the Klondike Gold Rush, the Great Depression and both world wars. At various points during his time in the Senate, he served as a cabinet minister, Leader of the Government in the Senate or Leader of the Opposition.

Appointed Speaker in 1905, he oversaw an overhaul of the Rules of the Senate and expanded the Speaker’s role to include the power to intervene in debates and preserve order and decorum.

The bust was created by Quebec’s preeminent historical sculptor Alfred Laliberté, who produced over 900 works at the time of his death in 1953.

It was unveiled on Senator Dandurand’s 80th birthday in January 1942 in Centre Block’s Senate Chamber. The senator died six weeks later.

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