Gédéon Ouimet (June 2, 1823 – April 23, 1905) was a

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politician. Born in what is today part of the city of

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Canada, Ouimet served as the second

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from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He resigned as party leader of the

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in 1874 because of the

Tanneries scandal The Tanneries scandal was a scandal implicating the government of the Province of Quebec, which led to the resignation of Conservative premier, Gédéon Ouimet, in September 1874. On July 16, 1874, the '' Montreal Herald'' announced that the prov ...

which implicated the government of Quebec. He was appointed to the

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in 1895. He died in

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in 1905. The Quebec town of Grandmont changed its name to Saint-Gédéon in honour of Ouimet. A bridge on Highway 15 (Laurentian) was also named after him; the bridge crosses the

Rivière des Mille Îles The Rivière des Mille Îles (, "Thousand Islands River") is a channel of the Ottawa River in southwestern Quebec, Canada and runs into the Rivière des Prairies. It is long. It divides Île Jésus (the city of Laval) from the North Shore, ...

. It connects the municipality of Laval to the northern shore in what is now known as the town of Boisbriand.

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History of the Quebec town of Saint-Gédéon
1823 births 1905 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal Premiers of Quebec Conservative Party of Quebec MNAs Conservative Party of Quebec MLCs Quebec political party leaders Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec {{Conservative-Quebec-MNA-stub

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