Arthur Godbout | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Beauce |
Predecessor: | Henri Sévérin Béland |
Successor: | Joseph-Hughes Fortier |
Term Start: | 1902 |
Term End: | 1921 |
Birth Date: | 13 December 1872 |
Birth Place: | Lambton, Quebec, Canada |
Death Place: | Saint-Georges, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Relations: | Joseph Godbout, brother |
Arthur Godbout (December 13, 1872 - March 12, 1932) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and judge.
Born in Lambton, Quebec, Godbout studied at the Séminaire de Québec and the Université Laval à Montréal. He was called to the Bar of Quebec in 1898 and was created a King's Counsel in 1912. He was a lawyer in Saint-Georges-Est and Saint-Joseph.
He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Beauce in a 1902 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1908 and 1912. He was acclaimed in 1916 and re-elected in 1919. In 1921, he was appointed a judge for the district court in Beauce.