Léon-Denis Gérin Explained

Léon-Denis Gérin
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Stanstead
Successor:Georges Vaillancourt
Term Start:1948
Term End:1960
Birth Date:6 June 1894
Birth Place:Sainte-Edwige-de-Clifton, Quebec
Death Place:Coaticook, Quebec
Party:Union Nationale

Léon-Denis Gérin (June 6, 1894  - April 1, 1975) was a politician Quebec, Canada and a three-term Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec (MLA).

Early life

He was born on June 6, 1894, in Sainte-Edwidge-de-Clifton, Eastern Townships.

City politics

Gérin served as a city councillor from 1934 to 1935 and from 1942 to 1943 and as Mayor from 1944 to 1945 in Coaticook, Quebec.

Member of the legislature

He ran as a Union Nationale candidate in the provincial district of Stanstead in the 1948 provincial election and won. He was re-elected in the 1952 and 1956 elections.

Gérin was defeated in the 1960 election against Liberal candidate Georges Vaillancourt.

Death

He died on April 1, 1975.