- Leon David Crestohl
Leon David Crestohl (
May 7 ,1900 –March 21 ,1963 ) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.Born in
Warsaw , thenRussian Empire , the son of Rabbi Hyman Meyer Crestohl (1865-1928), he emigrated with his family to Canada in 1911 living inQuebec City before moving toMontreal in 1919. Crestohl was educated atMcGill University and theUniversité de Montréal . He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1926 and was made aKing's Counsel in 1944. DuringWorld War II , he served asCrown Counsel for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Montreal.Crestohl was elected to the
Canadian House of Commons for Cartier in a 1950 by-election held after the death of the previous MP,Maurice Hartt . A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1953, 1957, 1958, and 1962.References
* [http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=103532&rec_nbr_list=3680225,103532,3214451,2647231,102292,118884,131813,102727,120823,120822 Leon David Crestohl fonds]
* [http://mikan3.archives.ca/pam/public_mikan/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=102292&rec_nbr_list=102690,102609,102503,102292,102286,102029,101928,101819,101802,101597 Hyman Meyer Crestohl fonds]External links
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* [http://www.cjc.ca/template.php?action=archives&Type=1&Language=EN&Rec=161 Canadian Jewish Congress Archives]s-ttl|title=
Member of Parliament for Cartier
years=1950–1963
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