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electoral district)">Dorchester</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />July 28, 1930 – October 14, 1935</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lucien_Cannon" title="Lucien Cannon">Lucien Cannon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9onard_Tremblay" title="Léonard Tremblay">Léonard Tremblay</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1888-10-23</span>)</span>October 23, 1888<br /><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9on-de-Standon,_Quebec" title="Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec">Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">September 30, 1961<span style="display:none">(1961-09-30)</span> (aged 72)<br /><a href="/wiki/Government_House_(Quebec)" title="Government House (Quebec)">Bois-de-Coulonge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sillery,_Quebec_City" title="Sillery, Quebec City">Sillery</a>, Quebec</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">Canadian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Federal</b>:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a></li></ul> </div> <b>Provincial</b>:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Union_nationale_(Quebec)" class="mw-redirect" title="Union nationale (Quebec)">Union nationale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Cabinet</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Federal</b>:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Minister Without Portfolio (1935)</li></ul> </div> <b>Provincial</b>:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Minister of Mines, Game and Fisheries (1936)</div></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Minister of Mines and Fisheries (1936–1939)</div></li> <li><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Provincial Treasurer (1944–1958)</div></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Onésime Gagnon</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 85%;"><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Privy_Council_for_Canada" title="King's Privy Council for Canada">PC</a></span></span> (October 23, 1888 – September 30, 1961) was a <a href="/wiki/Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Canadian">Canadian</a> politician who served as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_governors_of_Quebec#Lieutenant_Governors_of_Quebec,_1867–present" title="List of lieutenant governors of Quebec">20th</a> <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Qu%C3%A9bec" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Québec">Lieutenant Governor of Québec</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On%C3%A9sime_Gagnon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He was born in <a href="/wiki/Saint-L%C3%A9on-de-Standon,_Quebec" title="Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec">Saint-Léon-de-Standon, Quebec</a>, on October 23, 1888, and was the son of Onésime Gagnon and Julie Morin. He was a <a href="/wiki/Rhodes_scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes scholar">Rhodes scholar</a> and was called to the <a href="/wiki/Bar_of_Quebec" title="Bar of Quebec">Quebec Bar</a> in 1912. From 1942 to 1958, he was a Professor in the Faculty of Law at <a href="/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_Laval" title="Université Laval">Université Laval</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Member_of_Parliament">Member of Parliament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On%C3%A9sime_Gagnon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Member of Parliament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1930_Canadian_federal_election" title="1930 Canadian federal election">1930</a>, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons of Canada</a> for the riding of <a href="/wiki/Dorchester_(federal_electoral_district)" title="Dorchester (federal electoral district)">Dorchester</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Canada_(1867%E2%80%931942)" title="Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942)">Conservative</a>, he was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/1935_Canadian_federal_election" title="1935 Canadian federal election">1935</a>. In 1935, he was a <a href="/wiki/Minister_without_portfolio#Canada" title="Minister without portfolio">Minister without Portfolio</a> in the cabinet of <a href="/wiki/R._B._Bennett" title="R. B. Bennett">R. B. Bennett</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Provincial_politics">Provincial politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On%C3%A9sime_Gagnon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Provincial politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gagnon was a leadership candidate at the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_of_Quebec_(historical)" title="Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)">Conservative Party of Quebec</a> convention, held in <a href="/wiki/Sherbrooke" title="Sherbrooke">Sherbrooke</a> on October 4 and 5, 1933. He was defeated by <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Duplessis" title="Maurice Duplessis">Maurice Duplessis</a> with 28% of the delegates. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/1936_Quebec_general_election" title="1936 Quebec general election">1936</a>, he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Quebec" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative Assembly of Quebec">Legislative Assembly of Quebec</a> and became the <a href="/wiki/Union_Nationale_(Quebec)" title="Union Nationale (Quebec)">Union Nationale</a> Member for the riding of <a href="/wiki/Matane_(provincial_electoral_district)" title="Matane (provincial electoral district)">Matane</a>. He was appointed Minister in the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Council_of_Quebec" title="Executive Council of Quebec">Cabinet</a> of <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Duplessis" title="Maurice Duplessis">Maurice Duplessis</a>, serving as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture,_Fisheries_and_Food_(Quebec)" title="Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Quebec)">Minister of Fisheries</a> from 1936 to 1939 and as <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(Quebec)" title="Ministry of Finance (Quebec)">Treasurer</a> from 1944 to 1958. </p><p>He was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/1939_Quebec_general_election" title="1939 Quebec general election">1939</a>, <a href="/wiki/1944_Quebec_general_election" title="1944 Quebec general election">1944</a>, <a href="/wiki/1948_Quebec_general_election" title="1948 Quebec general election">1948</a>, <a href="/wiki/1952_Quebec_general_election" title="1952 Quebec general election">1952</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1956_Quebec_general_election" title="1956 Quebec general election">1956</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lieutenant_governor">Lieutenant governor</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On%C3%A9sime_Gagnon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lieutenant governor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He resigned in 1958 to accept the office of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Quebec" title="Lieutenant Governor of Quebec">Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec</a> and served until his death. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On%C3%A9sime_Gagnon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gagnon died on September 30, 1961. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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