Léon Mercier Gouin Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Léon Mercier Gouin
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Office:Senator for De Salaberry, Quebec
Appointed:William Lyon Mackenzie King
Predecessor:Guillaume-André Fauteux
Term Start:1940
Term End:1976
Birth Date:24 December 1891
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec
Party:Liberal
Relations:Lomer Gouin, father
Honoré Mercier, grandfather
Paul Gouin, brother

Léon Mercier Gouin (in French pronounced as /le.ɔ̃.mɛʁ.sje.gwɛ̃/; December 24, 1891 – October 16, 1983) was a French Canadian barrister, professor, politician, and writer.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, the eldest son of Lomer Gouin, the Premier of Quebec from 1905 to 1920, and the grandson of Honoré Mercier, the Quebec Premier from 1887 to 1891, he received a Bachelor's degree from Loyola College in 1911 and studied at Oxford University. His brother, Paul Gouin, was also a politician. In 1917, he married Yvette Ollivier. They had four children: Lisette, Lomer, Thérèse and Olivier.

Gouin was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1940 representing the senatorial division of De Salaberry, Quebec. A Liberal, he resigned in 1976.

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