- Médéric Martin
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Mayor Médéric Martin 32nd Mayor of Montreal In office
1914–1924Preceded by Louis-Arsène Lavallée Succeeded by Charles Duquette Constituency Papineau In office
1926–1928Preceded by Charles Duquette Succeeded by Camillien Houde Member of the Canada Parliament
for St. Mary (electoral district)In office
1906–1917Personal details Born 22 January 1869
Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDied June 12, 1946 (aged 77)
Laval, Quebec, CanadaPolitical party Liberal Party of Canada Profession industrialist Médéric Martin (22 January 1869 – 12 June 1946) was a Canadian politician.
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Background
Born to Salomon Martin, a carpenter and Virginie Lafleur, Martin studied at St. Eustache College and went on to open a cigar store in Montreal's East End and soon became a populist politician, best known for stirring up suspicion against English Montreal residents.
Member of the house of Commons
He served as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Sainte-Marie in the city's east side from 1906 to 1917.
City Councillor
But he was best known as a city politician. He was elected to the City Council in 1906 and represented the Papineau Ward. He was re-elected in 1908, but was defeated in 1910. He was re-elected again in 1912.
Mayor of Montreal
In 1914 Martin was elected Mayor of Montreal. He was re-elected in 1916, 1918 and 1921, but lost against Charles Duquette in 1924. He was re-elected again in 1926, but was defeated by bitter rival Camillien Houde in 1928. His 12 years as mayor of Montreal made him, at the time, the city's longest-serving mayor.
Martin oversaw the city during a period when several other adjacent municipalities were merged, including Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and much of the predominantly French speaking east side. He considered Montreal's new French-demographic dominance to be justification for discontinuing the longstanding tradition of alternating mayors between English and French speakers, a practice that has never returned.
Legislative Councillor
Martin was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec in 1919 and represented the district of Alma.
External links
- Bilan du Siècle - Médéric Martin (1869-1946) Homme politique at bilan.usherbrooke.ca (French)
- Médéric MARTIN at www.assnat.qc.ca (French)
- Médéric Martin - Parliament of Canada biography
Parliament of Canada Preceded by
Camille PichéMember of Parliament for St. Mary
1906–1917Succeeded by
Hermas DeslauriersPolitical offices Preceded by
Édouard ChauséeCity Councillor, District of Papineau # 1
1906–1910Succeeded by
Émile GauvinPreceded by
Émile GauvinCity Councillor, District of Papineau # 1
1912–1914Succeeded by
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- 1946 deaths
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the Canadian House of Commons from Quebec
- Quebec Liberal Party MLCs
- Mayors of Montreal
- Montreal city councillors
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