Charles Gérin-Lajoie | |
Constituency Mp: | Saint-Maurice |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Successor: | Louis-Léon Lesieur Desaulniers |
Term Start: | 1874 |
Term End: | 1878 |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Saint-Maurice |
Successor2: | Institution abolished in 1866 |
Term Start2: | 1863 |
Term End2: | 1866 |
Birth Date: | 28 December 1824 |
Birth Place: | Yamachiche, Lower Canada |
Death Place: | Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Liberal |
Charles Gérin-Lajoie (December 28, 1824 – November 6, 1895) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Saint-Maurice in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1874 to 1878.
He was born André-Charles Gérin-Lajoie at Yamachiche, Lower Canada on 28 December 1824, to André Gérin and Ursule Caron, daughter of Charles Caron.[1]
He studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet. He owned mills and a factory at Yamachiche. In 1863, Gérin-Lajoie was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Saint-Maurice as a member of the Parti rouge. He opposed Confederation, but was elected to the federal parliament in 1874 running as a Liberal. In 1878, he was named superintendent of Public Works for Saint-Maurice and he served in that function until his death at Trois-Rivières on 6 November 1895.