Paul Mercier (Liberal MP)
Paul Mercier | |
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Member of Parliament for Westmount—St. Henri | |
In office December 1921 – October 1925 | |
Succeeded by | riding dissolved |
Member of Parliament for St. Henri/St. Henry | |
In office October 1925 – November 1937 | |
Preceded by | riding created |
Succeeded by | Joseph-Arsène Bonnier |
Personal details | |
Born |
Montreal, Quebec | 14 February 1888
Died | 10 August 1943 55) | (aged
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse(s) |
Aline Dion m. 16 June 1913[1] |
Profession | lawyer |
Paul Mercier (14 February 1888 – 10 August 1943) was a Liberal party member of the Canadian House of Commons. 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.[1]
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.