Honoré Mercier III (17 November 1908 – 14 July 1988) was a member of the

Legislative Assembly of Quebec A legislature (, ) is a deliberative assembly with the authority, legal authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country, nation or city on behalf of the people therein. They are often contrasted with th ...

, the grandson of

Honoré Mercier Honoré Mercier (October 15, 1840 – October 30, 1894) was a Canadian lawyer, journalist and politician in Quebec. He was the ninth premier of Quebec from January 27, 1887, to December 21, 1891, as leader of the Parti National or Quebec Libera ...

and the son of Honoré Mercier ''fils''. Mercier was born in Montreal to Honoré Mercier ''fils'', Liberal MLA and cabinet minister and Jeanne Fréchette. He was mayor of

Léry, Quebec Léry () is a small town situated along the south shore of Lake Saint-Louis in Quebec, Canada. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 2,307. Located on Route 132 west of Châteauguay and east of Beauharnois in the administrative regi ...

from 1948 to 1950. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the

1944 Quebec general election The 1944 Quebec general election was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The , led by former premier Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by A ...

for the

Quebec Liberal Party The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; , PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has traditionally supported a form of Quebec federalist ideology with nuance ...

. However, he was defeated in

1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The current Constitutions of Constitution of Italy, Italy and of Constitution of New Jersey, New Jersey (both later subject to amendment) ...

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Kingdom of Egypt, Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, ...

, and again in

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Janu ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercier, Honore 1908 births 1988 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec