James John Edmund Guerin

This article is about the Canadian politician. For the American musician, see John Guerin.

Mayor
James John Edmund Guerin
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal division no. 6
In office
1895–1904
Preceded byPatrick Kennedy
Succeeded byMichael James Walsh
30th Mayor of Montreal
In office
1910–1912
Preceded byLouis Payette
Succeeded byLouis-Arsène Lavallée
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for St. Ann
In office
1925–1930
Preceded byJoseph Charles Walsh
Succeeded byJohn Alexander Sullivan
Personal details
Born4 July 1856
Montreal, Canada East, United Province of Canada
Died10 November 1932(1932-11-10) (aged 76)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Professiondoctor

James John Edmund Guerin (4 July 1856 – 10 November 1932) was a Canadian physician and politician.

Biography

Born in Montreal, Canada East, the son of Thomas Guerin and Mary McGuire, Guerin was educated at the Collège de Montréal and received a M.D. degree from McGill University in 1878. He was an attending physician and President of the Medical Board at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Montreal. He was also a professor of Clinical Medicine at the location of Laval University then in Montreal.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Montréal division no. 6 in an 1895 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1897 and 1900. He was a Minister without Portfolio in the cabinet of Félix-Gabriel Marchand and Simon-Napoléon Parent. He was defeated in 1904. In 1901 he was appointed a member of the Council of Public Instruction of the Province of Quebec. From 1910 to 1912, he was mayor of Montreal.

He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of St. Ann in the 1925 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in the 1926 election. He was defeated in the 1930 election. He was the first Grand Knight of the first Knights of Columbus council in Canada.[1] After his death in 1932, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[2]

The township municipality of Guérin, Quebec was named after him.[3] His son, Thomas Guerin, was Liberal MLA for Montréal–Sainte-Anne from 1942 to 1948.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ McGowan, Mark G. (1999). Waning of the Green: Catholics, the Irish, and Identity in Toronto, 1887-1922. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-7735-1789-9.
  2. ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
  3. ^ "Banque de noms de lieux du Québec: Reference number 27380". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.