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Léon Casgrain

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Léon Casgrain
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata
In office
1927–1931
Preceded byJules Langlais
Succeeded byJoseph-Wilfrid Morel
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Rivière-du-Loup
In office
1931–1948
Preceded byDistrict created in 1930
Succeeded byRoméo Gagné
Personal details
Born(1892-08-13)August 13, 1892
Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec
DiedNovember 5, 1967(1967-11-05) (aged 75)
Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Political partyLiberal

Léon Casgrain (August 13, 1892 – November 5, 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist from Quebec.[1]

Biography

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He was born on August 13, 1892, in Rivière-Ouelle and was an attorney.

He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1927 for the district of Témiscouata and won. He was re-elected in the district of Rivière-du-Loup in 1931, 1935, 1936, 1939 (in Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup for that year only) and 1944. Casgrain was defeated in 1948 against Union Nationale candidate Roméo Gagné. He became Minister without Portfolio in 1939 and served as the province's Attorney General from 1942 to 1944.

In 1948, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, retiring in 1967.

Casgrain died on November 5, 1967, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.