and all but one of his rulings were sustained by the House. Instead Lord Byng invited the Conservatives to form a government. In spite of assurances of support from the Progressive Party, the Conservatives were unable to maintain control of the House. Lemieux had to make several crucial rulings. Five were appealed and one was overturned. Lemieux presided over three successive Parliaments and was the longest serving Speaker until Lucien Lamoureux broke the record in 1974. On June 30, 1930, King appointed Lemieux to the Senate of Canada, where he served until his death in 1937. He was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. Archives There is a Rodolphe Lemieux fonds at Library and Archives Canada. Electoral record References External links 1866 births 1937 deaths Lawyers in Quebec Canadian legal scholars Canadian senators from Quebec Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Laurier Liberals Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada Speakers of the House of Commons of Canada Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada) Solicitors General of Canada Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery Presidents of the Canadian Historical Association