Médéric Martin
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Mayor Médéric Martin | |
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32nd Mayor of Montreal | |
In office 1914–1924 | |
Preceded by | Louis-Arsène Lavallée |
Succeeded by | Charles Duquette |
Constituency | Papineau |
In office 1926–1928 | |
Preceded by | Charles Duquette |
Succeeded by | Camillien Houde |
Member of the Canada Parliament for St. Mary | |
In office 1906–1917 | |
Preceded by | Camille Piché |
Succeeded by | Hermas Deslauriers |
Member of the Legislative Council of Quebec for Alma | |
In office 1919–1946 | |
Preceded by | Trefflé Berthiaume |
Succeeded by | Joseph-Olier Renaud |
Personal details | |
Born | 22 January 1869 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Died | 12 June 1946 Laval, Quebec, Canada | (aged 77)
Political party | Liberal Party of Canada |
Profession | industrialist |
Médéric Martin (22 January 1869 – 12 June 1946) was a Canadian politician and long-time Mayor of Montreal.
Background[]
Born to Salomon Martin, a carpenter and Virginie Lafleur, Martin studied at 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[]
Better known as a city politician, he was elected to the City Council in 1906 and represented the . He was re-elected in 1908 but was defeated in 1910. He was 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.
After his death in 1946, he was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[1]
References[]
- ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.
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- Bilan du Siècle - Médéric Martin (1869-1946) Homme politique at bilan.usherbrooke.ca (in French)
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Médéric Martin – Parliament of Canada biography
- 1869 births
- 1946 deaths
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Quebec Liberal Party MLCs
- Mayors of Montreal
- Burials at Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery