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

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 physician and politician.

Biography

Born in Montreal

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, Quebec

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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 McGill University

McGill University

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 in 1878. He was an attending physician and President of the Medical Board at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Montreal

Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal

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. He was also a Professor of Clinical Medicine at Laval University in Montreal.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 for the electoral district of Montreal Division 6

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 in a 1895 by-election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1897

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 and 1900

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. He was a Minister without Portfolio

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 in the cabinet of Félix-Gabriel Marchand

Félix-Gabriel Marchand

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 and Simon-Napoléon Parent

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. He was defeated in 1904

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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

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He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the electoral district of St. Ann

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 in the 1925 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1925

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. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in the 1926 election

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. He was defeated in the 1930 election

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His son, Thomas Guerin, was also a politician.