Onésime Gagnon

The Hon. Onésime Gagnon


20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
In office February 14, 1958 – September 30, 1961
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor General	Vincent Massey Georges Vanier
Premier	Maurice Duplessis Paul Sauvé Antonio Barrette Jean Lesage
Preceded by	Gaspard Fauteux
Succeeded by	Paul Comtois
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Matane
In office August 17, 1936 – February 14, 1958
Preceded by	Joseph-Arthur Bergeron
Succeeded by	Benoît Gaboury
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Dorchester
In office July 28, 1930 – October 14, 1935
Preceded by	Lucien Cannon
Succeeded by	Léonard-D. Tremblay
Personal details
Born	(1888-10-23)October 23, 1888 Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec
Died	September 30, 1961(1961-09-30) (aged 72) Bois-de-Coulonge, Sillery, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Federal: Conservative Provincial: Union nationale
Cabinet	Federal: Minister Without Portfolio (1935) Provincial: Minister of Mines, Game and Fisheries (1936) Minister of Mines and Fisheries (1936–1939) Provincial Treasurer (1944–1958)

Onésime Gagnon, PC (October 23, 1888 – September 30, 1961) was a Canadian politician who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Québec.

Background

He was born in Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec on October 23, 1888 and was the son of Onésime Gagnon and Julie Morin. He was a Rhodes scholar and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1912. From 1942 to 1958, he was a Professor in the Faculty of Law at Université Laval.

In 1930, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for the riding of Dorchester. A Conservative, he was re-elected in 1935. In 1935, he was a Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of R. B. Bennett.

Gagnon was a leadership candidate at the Conservative Party of Quebec convention, held in Sherbrooke on October 4 and 5, 1933. He was defeated by Maurice Duplessis with 28% of the delegates.

In 1936, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and became the Union Nationale Member for the riding of Matane. He was appointed Minister in the Cabinet of Maurice Duplessis, serving as Minister of Fisheries from 1936 to 1939 and as Treasurer from 1944 to 1958.

He was re-elected in 1939, 1944, 1948, 1952, and 1956.

He resigned in 1958 to accept the office of Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec and served until his death.

Gagnon died on September 30, 1961.

Lieutenant-Governors of Quebec

Post-Confederation (1867–present)	Belleau Caron Saint-Just Robitaille Masson Angers Chapleau Jetté Pelletier Langelier Leblanc Fitzpatrick Brodeur Pérodeau Gouin Carroll Patenaude Fiset Fauteux Gagnon Comtois Lapointe Côté Lamontagne Asselin Roux Thibault Duchesne Doyon

Province of Canada (1841–66)*	Clitherow Jackson Bagot Fernhill Cathcart Elgin Head Monck

Lower Canada (1791–1841)	Carleton (con't from 1791) Prescott Milnes Dunn Craig Prévost Drummond Wilson Sherbrooke Richmond Dalhousie Aylmer Gosford Colborne Durham Sydenham

British Province of Quebec (1759–91)*	Amherst Murray Carleton Haldimand Carleton (2nd Time)

The Crown's representative from 1759 to 1791, and from 1841 to 1866 held the office and rank of Governor-General

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