Gustave Monette was a Progressive Conservative Party member of the Senate of Canada.
Background
He was born in Saint-Philippe-de-Laprairie, Quebec and became a barrister and solicitor. The son of Eugène Monette and Marie Roy, he was educated in Sainte-Thérèse de Blainville and at the Université de Montréal and practised law in Montreal.
Career
Monette made attempts to gain a Canadian House of Commons seat at the Laprairie—Napierville riding as a Conservative in the 1911 and 1930 elections. He was unsuccessful with both these campaigns. He was appointed to the Senate on 12 October 1957 for the Mille Isles, Quebec division following nomination by Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
Monette remained in that role until his death on 23 December 1969.