Léon Casgrain Explained

Léon Casgrain
Office:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Témiscouata
Predecessor:Jules Langlais
Successor:Joseph-Wilfrid Morel
Term Start:1927
Term End:1931
Office2:Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Rivière-du-Loup
Predecessor2:District created in 1930
Successor2:Roméo Gagné
Term Start2:1931
Term End2:1948
Birth Date:13 August 1892
Birth Place:Rivière-Ouelle, Quebec
Death Place:Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec
Party:Liberal
Honorific Prefix:The Honourable

Léon Casgrain (August 13, 1892  - November 5, 1967) was a Canadian politician and jurist from Quebec.

Biography

He was born on August 13, 1892, in Rivière-Ouelle and was an attorney.

He ran as a Liberal candidate in 1927 for the district of Témiscouata and won. He was re-elected in the district of Rivière-du-Loup in 1931, 1935, 1936, 1939 (in Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup for that year only) and 1944. Casgrain was defeated in 1948 against Union Nationale candidate Roméo Gagné. He became Minister without Portfolio in 1939 and served as the province's Attorney General from 1942 to 1944.

In 1948, he was appointed a puisne judge of the Superior Court of Quebec, retiring in 1967.

Casgrain died on November 5, 1967, in Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec.