Elzéar Gérin | |
Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Maurice |
Predecessor: | Abraham Lesieur Desaulniers |
Successor: | Élie Lacerte |
Term Start: | 1871 |
Term End: | 1875 |
Office2: | Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Kennebec |
Predecessor2: | Joseph Gaudet |
Successor2: | Édouard-Louis Pacaud |
Term Start2: | 1871 |
Term End2: | 1875 |
Birth Date: | 14 November 1843 |
Birth Place: | Yamachiche, Canada East |
Death Place: | Montreal, Quebec |
Party: | Conservative |
Profession: | Lawyer |
Parents: | Antoine Gérin dit Lajoie and Amable Gélinas |
Elzéar Gérin, (14 November 1843 - 18 August 1887), was a politician in Quebec, Canada.[1]
Elzéar was born on in Yamachiche, Mauricie and was an attorney by vocation. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly.
He ran as a Conservative candidate in an 1868 by-election in the district of Saint-Maurice, but lost against another Conservative Élie Lacerte.
In 1871, Desaulniers became the Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of Saint-Maurice. He did not run for re-election in 1875.
He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec in 1882 and died in office.