Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Léon Denis Gérin

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Died
  
April 1, 1975

Role
  
Politician


Name
  
Leon-Denis Gerin

Political party
  
Union Nationale

Party
  
Union Nationale

Preceded by
  
Raymond-Francois Fregeau

Born
  
June 6, 1894 Sainte-Edwige-de-Clifton, Quebec (
1894-06-06
)

Succeeded by
  
Georges Vaillancourt

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).

Contents

Early life

He was born on June 6, 1894 in Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Eastern Townships.

City politics

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

He ran as an 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

He died on April 1, 1975.

References

Léon-Denis Gérin Wikipedia