John Gillies Rennie (November 14, 1904 – February 13, 1952) was a

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politician and educator and a member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1947 until his death in office. He was born in Brooklet, near

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, the son of Frederick Malcolm Rennie, farmer, and Maria Carter. He went to school in Stark School House in

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, at Huntingdon Academy, at

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, and then at Bishop's College in

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. He received a bachelor's degree in economics and political science in 1929. He took correspondence courses from Queen's University and received a diploma in the field of life insurance in 1932. At first working as an insurance agent in the region of

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, he was later a teacher in

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and in

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. He was assistant director of Protestant schools in Pointe-Claire from 1930 to 1936, and principal of Valois Park School, and then of Cedar Park School. He returned to work in the field of insurance in 1936 in Montreal, where he was an agent of Manufacturer's Life Insurance. He trained as an officer in 1940 and 1941 and became a lieutenant in the

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in 1942. He served at the military depot in

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from 1942 to 1944, then served overseas as a staff officer from 1944 to 1946. He retired on November 23, 1946 with the rank of major. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the Union Nationale in

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in a by-election on July 23, 1947. He was re-elected in the 1948 general election. He was deputy whip for the Union Nationale from 1948 to 1952, and a member of the Protestant Board of Education from 1949 to 1951. He died in office in 1952 at the age of 47 years 2 months. He is buried in Hillside Cemetery at

John Rennie High School John Rennie High School (JRHS) (French: ''École secondaire John Rennie)'' located in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada, is an English-language secondary school that opened in 1955. The school was named after John Rennie (1904–1952), the Union Nat ...

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is named for him. He married Margaret Ruth Davison, daughter of Walter Cecil Davison, merchant, and Margaret Gibb, on December 28, 1940 at St. Matthew's Anglican Church, ontreal, Quebec Their only child, a daughter, Georgina Margaret Rennie (Margaret) was born September 8, 1952, seven months after her father died.

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