Lucien Cannon, (January 16, 1887 – February 14, 1950) was a

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lawyer and politician. Born in Arthabaska, Quebec, the son of Lawrence John Cannon and Aurélie Dumoulin, he studied law at the

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and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1910. His brother was

Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon (April 28, 1877 – December 25, 1939) was a Canadians, Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Arthabaska, Que ...

, a

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of the

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. His nephew, Charles-Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, and grandson,

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, were also MPs. In 1911 federal election, he ran as a Liberal candidate for the

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in the riding of

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losing to Joseph David Rodolphe Forget. In a 1913

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, he was elected to the

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in the riding of Dorchester. A Liberal, he was re-elected in

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. He resigned in 1917 to run again for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Dorchester in a by-election. He was defeated, but was elected in the 1917 federal election. He was re-elected in 1921, 1925, and 1926. From 1925 to 1926 and again from 1926 to 1930, he was the

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. He was defeated in the 1930 federal election but was re-elected in the 1935 election for the riding of Portneuf. He resigned in 1936 when he was appointed a judge.

Electoral record

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