Léonard Tremblay Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Hon.
Léonard Tremblay
Birthname:Léonard-David Sweezey Tremblay
Birth Date:1896 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada
Spouse:Beatrice Cote
m. 17 May 1920[1]
Constituency Mp:Dorchester
Parliament:Canadian
Predecessor:Onésime Gagnon
Successor:Robert Perron
Term Start:October 14, 1935
Term End:June 11, 1953
Office2:Senator for Lauzon, Quebec
Appointed2:Louis St. Laurent
Predecessor2:Eugène Paquet
Term Start2:June 12, 1953
Term End2:September 2, 1965
Profession:journalist, public servant
Party:Liberal

Léonard-David Sweezey Tremblay (16 April 1896 – 19 September 1968) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Chicoutimi, Quebec and became a journalist and public servant by career.

Tremblay was educated at Lauzon College and served in both World War I and World War II. He was first elected to Parliament at the Dorchester riding in the 1935 general election then re-elected there in 1940, 1945 and 1949. The margin of victory of the 1949 election was particularly small, as Progressive Conservative candidate Gérard Corriveau trailed by 221 votes.[2]

At the end of the 21st Canadian Parliament in June 1953, Tremblay was appointed to the Senate under the Lauzon division and remained in the Senate until September 1965.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, Pierre G. . The Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1952 .
  2. News: Quebec Prospect: PC's See Victory in Dorchester . . 6 August 1953 . 13 . George . Bain .