Paul Mercier (Liberal MP) explained

Paul Mercier
Birth Date:1888 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Spouse:Aline Dion
m. 16 June 1913[1]
Riding:Westmount—St. Henri
Successor:riding dissolved
Term Start:December 1921
Term End:October 1925
Riding2:St. Henri/St. Henry
Predecessor2:riding created
Successor2:Joseph-Arsène Bonnier
Term Start2:October 1925
Term End2:November 1937
Profession:Lawyer
Party:Liberal

Paul Mercier (14 February 1888 – 10 August 1943) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became a lawyer.

Mercier attended school at Montcalm, then Sainte-Therese College and Université Laval. He was appointed as King's Counsel in 1922.

He was first elected to Parliament at the Westmount—St. Henri riding in the 1921 general election. After riding boundary changes in 1924, Mercier was re-elected at the new St. Henri electoral district in the 1925 federal election, then re-elected there in 1926, 1930 and 1935 (in 1933, the riding's English name became "St. Henry").

On 29 November 1937, Mercier accepted an appointment to become a Montreal region Circuit Court judge, leaving the House of Commons before completing his term in the 18th Canadian Parliament.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Normandin, A.L. . Canadian Parliamentary Guide . 1936.