Henri Groulx (21 May 1888 – 16 July 1952) was a Canadian

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and politician. Born in

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, Groulx was educated at the Collège Mont-Saint-Louis, Collège Saint-Laurent and at Université Laval à Montréal. He was a pharmacist since 1914 and owned a pharmacy. He was elected to the

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for Montréal-Outremont in

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. A Liberal, he was re-elected in

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixt ...

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) ...

, and

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, ...

. He was a Provincial Secretary (1939-1940), Minister of Health (1939-1941), Minister of Welfare (1940-1941), and Minister of Health and Welfare (1941-1944). He received an

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in pharmacy from the Université de Montréal on May 30, 1941. He died on 16 July 1952, the night of the election, in

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and was entombed at the

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in Montreal.

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1888 births 1952 deaths Canadian pharmacists Politicians from Montreal Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub