Léon-Denis Gérin
Appearance
Léon-Denis Gérin | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Stanstead | |
In office 1948–1960 | |
Preceded by | Raymond-François Frégeau |
Succeeded by | Georges Vaillancourt |
Personal details | |
Born | Sainte-Edwige-de-Clifton, Quebec | June 6, 1894
Died | April 1, 1975 Coaticook, Quebec | (aged 80)
Political party | Union Nationale |
Léon-Denis Gérin (June 6, 1894 – April 1, 1975) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a three-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).[1]
Early life
[edit]He was born on June 6, 1894, in Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Eastern Townships.
City politics
[edit]Gérin served as a city councillor from 1934 to 1935 and from 1942 to 1943 and as Mayor from 1944 to 1945 in Coaticook, Quebec.
Member of the legislature
[edit]He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the provincial district of Stanstead in the 1948 provincial election and won. He was re-elected in the 1952 and 1956 elections.
Gérin was defeated in the 1960 election against Liberal candidate Georges Vaillancourt.
Death
[edit]He died on April 1, 1975.
References
[edit]- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.