Henri Gosselin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Henri Gosselin

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1891

Place of Birth: Lee, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 27-Jan-1952

Profession: politician, farmer

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Henri Gosselin

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  • Gosselin (6 December 1888 – 27 January 1952) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
  • He was born in Lee, Massachusetts, United States and moved to Canada in 1896.
  • He became a farmer, telegrapher and train dispatcher by career.Gosselin studied at Lawrenceville and at Sherbrooke College in Quebec.
  • From 1924 to 1927, he was a municipal councillor for Farnham, Quebec and was mayor of Lawrenceville in 1927.
  • He was Farnham's mayor from 1932 to 1938. In the 1939 Quebec election, Gosselin was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the Missisquoi riding as a Quebec Liberal Party member, and re-elected for a second term there in 1944.
  • He was defeated in the 1948 election by Jean-Jacques Bertrand of the Union Nationale party. Gosselin was first elected to federal Parliament at the Brome—Missisquoi riding in the 1949 election.
  • Before completing his first federal term, the 21st Canadian Parliament, Gosselin died on 27 January 1952.

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