their own language and decide upon their children's language of instruction. While Belcourt lost in court, the protest movement he led prevented the Regulation from being fully implemented. In 1924, Belcourt was made Canada's Minister Plenipotentiary to the Interallied Conference in London and, the next year, he presided over the meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Ottawa. He died at Blue Sea Lake in Quebec at the age of 71. The Municipality of Belcourt in Quebec, Canada, was named after him. References A cyclopædia of Canadian biography : brief biographies of persons distinguished ..., HW Charlesworth (1919) External links 1860 births 1932 deaths Lawyers in Ontario Canadian legal scholars Canadian senators from Ontario Franco-Ontarian people Liberal Party of Canada MPs Liberal Party of Canada senators Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Ontario Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada People from Old Toronto Academics in Quebec Speakers of the House of Commons of Canada Canadian King's Counsel Université Laval alumni