The Gérin-Lajoie family is a

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family descended from Jean Gérin '' dit'' La joie, a sergeant in the troops of the military forces of

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm Lieutenant-General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran (; 28 February 1712 – 14 September 1759) was a French Royal Army officer best known for his unsuccessful defence of New France during the French and Indian ...

, in

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, who arrived in Canada around 1750. Several members of the family have been notable members of the legal, social and intellectual communities of Quebec since the 19th century.

Notable members

* Antoine Gérin '' dit'' Lajoie, a poet, married to Marie-Amable Gélinas ** André Gérin, dit ''la Joie'' (, in Yamachiche, – , in Yamachiche) *** André Gérin-Lajoie (, in Yamachiche, – ?), married to Ursule Caron, daughter of Charles Caron. **** Charles Gérin-Lajoie (, in Yamachiche, – , in

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), member of the

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for Saint-Maurice. He married Élizabeth Dupont on September 19, 1843. ** Antoine Gérin-Lajoie (, in Yamachiche, – , in

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), lawyer and novelist ***

Léon Gérin Léon Gérin (; May 17, 1863 – January 15, 1951) was a Canadian lawyer, civil servant, and sociologist. Born in Quebec City, Canada East, the son of Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, Gérin studied at the Séminaire de Nicolet before receiving a law degr ...

(, in

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, – , in

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), Quebec's first sociologist, president of the

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** Elzéar Gérin (, in Yamachiche, – , in Montreal), married Marie-Agathe-Élodie Dufresne on October 14, 1873. ** Denis Gérin ** Henri Gérin-Lajoie (, in Quebec City – ), lawyer and bâtonnier of Quebec. He married the pioneering

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Marie Lacoste (known as Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie), the daughter of Alexandre Lacoste, in 1887 *** Marie Gérin-Lajoie (, in Montreal, – , in Montreal), social worker and founder of a religious community *** Henri Gérin-Lajoie II ( – ) ****

Paul Gérin-Lajoie Paul Gérin-Lajoie, (; February 23, 1920 – June 25, 2018) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, philanthropist, and a former member of the National Assembly of Quebec and Executive Council of Quebec, Cabinet Minister. Early life Born in Mont ...

(, in Montreal, – , in Montreal), politician and creator of the Gérin-Lajoie doctrine.

Notable members

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