Cité Multimedia in Montréal, Québec — Central Canada (French-Canadian)

Adélard Godbout

1892-1956

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2024

1. Adélard Godbout Marker

Inscription. Premier Ministre du Québec
1936
1939-1944

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Government & Politics. A significant historical year for this entry is 1892.

Location. 45° 29.842′ N, 73° 33.348′ W. Marker is in Montréal, Québec. It is in Cité Multimedia. It is at the intersection of Rue Wellington and Rue Prince, on the right when traveling south on Rue Wellington. The marker is on the east side of the namesake Hydro-Québec Adélard Godbout substation. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 733 Rue Wellington, Montréal QC H3C 1T6, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Poste Adélard-Godbout (a few steps from this marker); Un Monde de Silos / A World of Elevators (approx. 0.3 kilometers away);

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Le site des écluses nos 1 et 2 / The site of locks 1 and 2 (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Le remorqueur Daniel McAllister / The Tugboat Daniel McAllister (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Un petit monde en soi / A World Unto Itself (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Une ville en profonde mutation / Transformation of a City (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Le berceau de l'industrie / Cradle of Canadian Industry (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Trois Siecles D'histoire / Three Centuries of History (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Montréal.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Poste Adélard-Godbout

Also see . . . Joseph-Adélard Godbout (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Canadian agronomist and politician. He served as the 15th premier of Quebec briefly in 1936, and again from 1939 to 1944, in addition to serving as the leader of the Parti Libéral du Québec (PLQ) from 1936 to 1949.
Godbout became a Member of the legislature for the district of L'Islet in the Chaudière-Appalaches region after he won a by election without opposition on May 13, 1929. He
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2024

2. Adélard Godbout Sculpture
was re-elected in the 1931 and 1935 elections.
Godbout was appointed to the Cabinet by Premier Alexandre Taschereau and served as Minister of Agriculture from November 27, 1930 to June 27, 1936. Shortly after the 1935 election, Conservative Leader Maurice Duplessis, a rising star in Québec politics, forced Taschereau to call the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, which brought to light the existence of widespread corruption in the provincial government. On June 11, 1936, less than a year after being put back in office, Taschereau resigned. Godbout took over Taschereau's job as Liberal Leader and Premier of Québec, with the support of federal Cabinet Members. An election was then called for August 1936. Godbout lost re-election in his own district of L'Islet.
World War II created the opportunity that Godbout needed to make a political comeback. An early provincial general election was called in 1939 and federal Cabinet member Ernest Lapointe, the Quebec lieutenant of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, took the stump for Godbout guaranteeing that no one would face conscription if voters supported the Liberals. The Liberals went on to
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 21, 2024

3. Adélard Godbout Monument
The monument is on the east side of the namesake Hydro-Québec Adélard Godbout substation.
win the election with 70 out of 86 seats. Godbout formed his second government, where he would serve as Premier and as minister of Agriculture.
On September 27, 2007, a former electrical power station in Montréal, at the corner of Wellington and Queen streets, known as Poste Central-1 was named in honour of Godbout in a ceremony attended by Premier Jean Charest. A bust of Godbout by sculptor Joseph-Émile Brunet (1893–1977) has been installed at the site. For his contribution to the field of agriculture and the advancement of rural Quebec in general, Godbout was posthumously inducted to Canadian Agricultural Hall of Fame in 1962 and to the Agricultural Hall of Fame of Quebec in 1992.

(Submitted on May 19, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 14, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 12 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 18, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 3. submitted on May 19, 2026, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.