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 byAlfred Morisset
Succeeded byJoseph-Charles-Ernest Ouellet
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Dorchester
In office
1917–1930
Preceded byPierre Sévigny
Succeeded byOnésime Gagnon
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Portneuf
In office
1935–1936
Preceded byJules Desrochers
Succeeded byPierre Gauthier
Personal details
Born(1887-01-16)January 16, 1887
Arthabaska, Quebec, Canada
DiedFebruary 14, 1950(1950-02-14) (aged 63)
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
RelationsLawrence Cannon, brother
Charles Cannon, nephew
Lawrence Cannon, grandson
CabinetSolicitor 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

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