Henri Gosselin Explained

Henri Gosselin
Birthname:Henri A. Gosselin
Birth Date:1888 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Lee, Massachusetts, United States
Spouse:Alda Beaudry
(m. 3 February 1914)
Riding:Brome—Missisquoi
Predecessor:Maurice Halle
Successor:Joseph-Léon Deslières
Term Start:June 1949
Term End:January 1952
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Missisquoi
Term Start2:1939
Term End2:1948
Predecessor2:François A. Pouliot
Successor2:Jean-Jacques Bertrand
Profession:farmer, telegrapher, train dispatcher
Party:Liberal

Henri A. Gosselin (6 December 1888  - 27 January 1952) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Lee, Massachusetts, United States and moved to Canada in 1896. He became a farmer, telegrapher and train dispatcher by career.[1]

Gosselin studied at Lawrenceville and at Sherbrooke College in Quebec. From 1924 to 1927, he was a municipal councillor for Farnham, Quebec and was mayor of Lawrenceville in 1927. He was Farnham's mayor from 1932 to 1938.

In the 1939 Quebec election, Gosselin was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the Missisquoi riding as a Quebec Liberal Party member, and re-elected for a second term there in 1944. He was defeated in the 1948 election by Jean-Jacques Bertrand of the Union Nationale party.

Gosselin was first elected to federal Parliament at the Brome—Missisquoi riding in the 1949 election. Before completing his first federal term, the 21st Canadian Parliament, Gosselin died on 27 January 1952.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1952 .