Ernest Cimon

Ernest Cimon
Source: Library and Archives Canada

Ernest Cimon (March 30, 1848 – July 17, 1917) was a Quebec lawyer, judge and political figure. He represented Chicoutimi—Saguenay in the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative member from 1874 to 1882. His name also appears as Marie Honorius Ernest Cimon.

He was born at Murray Bay, Canada East in 1848, the son of notary Cléophe Cimon, who represented Charlevoix in the legislative assembly for the Province of Canada. Cimon studied at the Université Laval, was called to the bar in 1871 and set up practice at Chicoutimi. He served as Crown Prosecutor there and also as mayor. In 1882, he was named to the Quebec Superior Court for Gaspé district, later serving in Joliette, Kamouraska and Montmagny districts. In 1891, Cimon married Stella, the daughter of Hector-Louis Langevin. He retired from the bench in 1914.

Cimon died at Quebec City in 1917.

His daughter Stella married Louis Côté, who later served in the Canadian senate.

External links

• Ernest Cimon - Parliament of Canada biography
• Les avocats de la région de Québec, P-G Roy (1936)
• The Canadian parliamentary companion and annual register, 1881, CH Mackintosh

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by William Evan Price	Member of Parliament for Chicoutimi—Saguenay 1874–1882	Succeeded by Jean-Alfred Gagné

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Name	Cimon, Ernest
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Date of birth	March 30, 1848
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Date of death	July 17, 1917
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