Lomer Gouin

The Honourable Sir Lomer Gouin
13th Premier of Quebec
In office March 23, 1905 – July 8, 1920
Monarchs	Edward VII George V
Lieutenant Governor	Louis-Amable Jetté Charles Alphonse Pantaléon Pelletier François Langelier Pierre-Évariste Leblanc Charles Fitzpatrick
Preceded by	Simon-Napoléon Parent
Succeeded by	Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
15th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
In office January 10, 1929 – March 28, 1929
Monarch	George V
Governor General	The Earl of Willingdon
Premier	Louis-Alexandre Taschereau
Preceded by	Narcisse Pérodeau
Succeeded by	Henry George Carroll
MNA for Montréal no. 2
In office May 11, 1897 – June 8, 1908
Preceded by	Olivier-Maurice Augé
Succeeded by	Henri Bourassa
MNA for Portneuf
In office June 8, 1908 – July 8, 1920
Preceded by	Édouard-Antill Panet
Succeeded by	Édouard Hamel
MNA for Saint-Jean
In office May 15, 1912 – November 10, 1913
Preceded by	Marcellin Robert
Succeeded by	Marcellin Robert
Member of Legislative Council for De Salaberry
In office July 8, 1920 – December 6, 1921
Appointed by	Charles Fitzpatrick
Member of Parliament for Laurier—Outremont
In office December 6, 1921 – October 29, 1925
Preceded by	Pamphile-Réal Du Tremblay
Succeeded by	Joseph-Alexandre Mercier
Personal details
Born	Jean Lomer Gouin (1861-03-19)March 19, 1861 Saint-Charles-des-Grondines (Grondines), Canada East
Died	March 28, 1929(1929-03-28) (aged 68) Quebec City, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Éliza Mercier Alice Amos
Profession	Lawyer

Sir Jean Lomer Gouin, KCMG PC (March 19, 1861 – March 28, 1929) was a Canadian politician. He served as 13th premier of Quebec, as a Cabinet minister in the federal government of Canada, and as the 15th lieutenant governor of Quebec.

Biography

He was born in Grondines, Quebec to Dr. Joseph-Nérée Gouin, a doctor and Séraphine Fugère. On May 24, 1888, he married Éliza Mercier, daughter of Honoré Mercier. Their son, Paul Gouin, later led the Action libérale nationale party.

He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in 1897 in Montréal division no. 2, and was re-elected in 1900 and 1904. In the 1908 election he ran in both Portneuf and Montréal no. 2, and was elected in the former and defeated in the latter. In 1912 he won election in both Portneuf and Saint-Jean; he elected to resign the Saint-Jean seat. He was re-elected in Portneuf in 1916 and 1919.

In 1920, he was named to the Legislative Council of Quebec but resigned in 1921 without ever having taken his seat, and moved to federal politics.

In the federal election of 1921, he was elected as a Liberal member of Parliament, and served as Justice Minister under prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King until 1924.

He was subsequently named Lieutenant Governor of Quebec in 1929, but served only two months until his death in Quebec City.

Lomer Gouin is interred in the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.

Elections as party leader

He won the 1908 election, 1912 election, 1916 election and 1919 election and resigned in 1920.

Honours

Many sites and landmarks were named to honour Lomer Gouin. They include:

• Gouin Boulevard, the longest street on the Island of Montreal;
• Gouin Reservoir (In French: Réservoir Gouin), a man-made collection of lakes in the center of the province of Quebec;
• Rue Gouin (Gouin Street) and Place Gouin, located in Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada;
• Rue Gouin (Gouin Street), located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada;
• The provincial district of Gouin;
• Lomer-Gouin, intra-provincial ferry services between Levis to Quebec City operate by Société des traversiers du Québec.

See also

• List of Quebec general elections
• Politics of Quebec
• Provincial premiers who have become Canadian MPs
• Timeline of Quebec history

External links

• Works by or about Lomer Gouin at Internet Archive
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Lomer Gouin – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Lomer Gouin". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
• Lomer Gouin fonds, Library and Archives Canada.