Lucien Cannon

Lucien Cannon, PC (January 16, 1887 – February 14, 1950) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

The Hon. Lucien Cannon
Member of Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Dorchester
In office 1913–1917
Preceded by	Alfred Morisset
Succeeded by	Joseph-Charles-Ernest Ouellet
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Dorchester
In office 1917–1930
Preceded by	Pierre Sévigny
Succeeded by	Onésime Gagnon
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Portneuf
In office 1935–1936
Preceded by	Jules Desrochers
Succeeded by	Pierre Gauthier
Personal details
Born	(1887-01-16)January 16, 1887 Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
Died	February 14, 1950(1950-02-14) (aged 63) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Relations	Lawrence Cannon, brother Charles Cannon, nephew Lawrence Cannon, grandson
Cabinet	Solicitor General of Canada (1925–1926 & 1926–1930)

Born in Arthabaska, Quebec, the son of Lawrence John Cannon and Aurélie Dumoulin, he studied law at the Laval University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1910. His brother was Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. His nephew, Charles-Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, and grandson, Lawrence Cannon, were also MPs.

In 1911 federal election, he ran as a Liberal candidate for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Charlevoix losing to Joseph David Rodolphe Forget. In a 1913 by-election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Dorchester. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1916. 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 Solicitor General of Canada. 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

1935 Canadian federal election: Portneuf
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucien Cannon	5,981	38.6	-13.2
	Conservative	J.-Achille Joli-Coeur	5,155	33.3	-14.9
	Independent Liberal	Bona Dussault	4,281	27.7
	Independent Liberal	C.-Lucien Plamondon	64	0.4
Total valid votes			15,481	100.0

External links

• Lucien Cannon – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.