Gédéon Rochon

Gédéon Rochon (1877 – February 11, 1917) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Terrebonne in the Canadian House of Commons from 1915 to 1917 as a Conservative.[1]

He was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, the son of David Rochon and Célina Nantel, and was educated at the Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and the Université Laval. Rochon was called to the Quebec bar in 1902 and practised law at Saint-Jérôme. In 1909, he married Victorine Prévost. He was elected to the House of Commons in an 1915 by-election held[2] after his uncle Wilfrid-Bruno Nantel[3] was named Railway Commissioner. Rochon died in office in Saint-Jérôme at the age of 40.[2]

Another uncle Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel also served in the House of Commons.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gédéon Rochon – Parliament of Canada biography
  2. 1 2 Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
  3. 1 2 Laurin, Serge (1999). Rouge, bleu : la saga des Prévost et des Nantel: chronique d'un siècle d'histoire politique dans la région des Laurentides (in French). Presses Université Laval. pp. 37–38. ISBN 2-7637-7671-X. Retrieved 2009-09-04.


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