Monarch Elizabeth II Name Onesime Gagnon Preceded by Gaspard Fauteux Role Canadian Politician | Succeeded by Paul Comtois Preceded by Lucien Cannon | |
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Governor General Vincent Massey
Georges Vanier Premier Maurice Duplessis
Paul Sauve
Antonio Barrette
Jean Lesage Died September 30, 1961, Sillery, Quebec City, Canada Political party Conservative Party of Quebec, Union Nationale | ||
Preceded by Joseph-Arthur Bergeron | ||
Onésime Gagnon, PC (October 23, 1888 – September 30, 1961) was a Canadian politician who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Québec.
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Background
He was born in Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec on October 23, 1888 and was the son of Onésime Gagnon and Julie Morin. He was a Rhodes scholar and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1912. From 1942 to 1958, he was a Professor in the Faculty of Law at Université Laval.
Member of Parliament
In 1930, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Dorchester. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1935. In 1935, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of R. B. Bennett.
Provincial politics
Gagnon was a leadership candidate at the Conservative Party of Quebec convention, held in Sherbrooke on October 4 and 5, 1933. He was defeated by Maurice Duplessis with 28% of the delegates.
In 1936, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and became the Union Nationale Member for the riding of Matane. He was appointed Minister in the Cabinet of Maurice Duplessis, serving as Minister of Fisheries from 1936 to 1939 and as Treasurer from 1944 to 1958.
He was re-elected in 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, and 1956.
Lieutenant governor
He resigned in 1958 to accept the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec and served until his death.
Death
Gagnon died on September 30, 1961.