Lomer Gouin

Lomer Gouin
13th Premier of Quebec
In office
March 23, 1905  July 8, 1920
Monarch Edward VII
George V
Lieutenant Governor Louis-Amable Jetté
Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier
François Langelier
Pierre-Évariste Leblanc
Charles Fitzpatrick
Preceded by Simon-Napoléon Parent
Succeeded by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
15th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
In office
January 10, 1929  March 28, 1929
Monarch George V
Governor General The Earl of Willingdon
Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Preceded by Narcisse Pérodeau
Succeeded by Henry George Carroll
MNA for Montréal no. 2
In office
May 11, 1897  June 8, 1908
Preceded by Olivier-Maurice Augé
Succeeded by Henri Bourassa
MNA for Portneuf
In office
June 8, 1908  July 8, 1920
Preceded by Édouard-Antill Panet
Succeeded by Édouard Hamel
MNA for Saint-Jean
In office
May 15, 1912  November 10, 1913
Preceded by Marcellin Robert
Succeeded by Marcellin Robert
Member of Legislative Council for De Salaberry
In office
July 8, 1920  December 6, 1921
Appointed by Charles Fitzpatrick
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Laurier—Outremont
In office
December 6, 1921  October 29, 1925
Preceded by Pamphile-Réal Du Tremblay
Succeeded by Joseph-Alexandre Mercier
Personal details
Born Jean Lomer Gouin
(1861-03-19)March 19, 1861
Saint-Charles-des-Grondines (Grondines), Lower Canada
Died March 28, 1929( 1929-03-28) (aged 68)
Quebec City
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Éliza Mercier
Alice Amos
Profession Lawyer
Religion Roman Catholic

Sir Jean Lomer Gouin, PC, KCMG (March 19, 1861 March 28, 1929) was a Canadian politician. He served as 13th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec, as a Cabinet minister in the federal government of Canada, and as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.

Biography

He was born in Grondines, Quebec. On May 24, 1888, he married Éliza Mercier, daughter of Honoré Mercier. Their son, Paul Gouin, later led the Action libérale nationale party.

He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1897 in Montréal division no. 2, and was re-elected in 1900 and 1904. In the 1908 election he ran in both Portneuf (provincial electoral district) and Montréal no. 2, and was elected in the former and defeated in the latter. In 1912 he won election in both Portneuf and Saint-Jean; he elected to resign the Saint-Jean seat. He was re-elected in Portneuf in 1916 and 1919.

In 1920, he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec, but resigned in 1921 without ever having taken his seat, and moved to federal politics.

In the federal election of 1921, he was elected as a Liberal member of Parliament, and served as Justice Minister under prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King until 1924.

He was subsequently named Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in 1929, but served only two months until his death in Quebec City.

Lomer Gouin is interred in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.

Elections as party leader

He won the 1908 election, 1912 election, 1916 election and 1919 election and resigned in 1920.

Honours

Many sites and landmarks were named to honour Lomer Gouin. They include:

See also

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Political offices
Preceded by
Henry Thomas Duffy
Minister of Public Works
1900–1905
Succeeded by
Dominique Monet
Preceded by
R. B. Bennett
Minister of Justice
1921–1924
Succeeded by
Ernest Lapointe
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