James John Edmund Guerin (4 July 1856 – 10 November 1932) was a

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physician and politician.

Biography

Born in

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, the son of Thomas Guerin and Mary McGuire, Guerin was educated at the Collège de Montréal and received a M.D. degree from

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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

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then in Montreal. He was elected to the

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for the electoral district of

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in an 1895 by-election. A

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, he was re-elected in

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and

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. He was a

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in the cabinet of

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and

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. He was defeated in

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. 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

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for the electoral district of

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in the 1925 federal election. A

, 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. After his death in 1932, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal. The township municipality of

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was named after him. His son, Thomas Guerin, was Liberal MLA for

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from 1942 to 1948.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guerin, John 1856 births 1932 deaths Physicians from Montreal Liberal Party of Canada MPs Mayors of Montreal McGill University Faculty of Medicine alumni Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Canadian people of Irish descent Quebec people of Irish descent Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery