Gédéon Rochon

Gédéon Rochon (1877 – February 11, 1917) was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Terrebonne in the House of Commons of Canada from 1915 to 1917 as a Conservative.^[1]

He was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec, the son of David Rochon and Célina Nantel, and was educated at the Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and the Université Laval. Rochon was called to the Quebec bar in 1902 and practised law at Saint-Jérôme. In 1909, he married Victorine Prévost. He was elected to the House of Commons in a 1915 by-election held^[2] after his uncle Wilfrid Bruno Nantel^[3] was named Railway Commissioner. Rochon died in office in Saint-Jérôme at the age of 40.^[2]

Another uncle Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel also served in the House of Commons.^[3]

Canadian federal by-election, 8 February 1915
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gédéon Rochon	2,193	53.6
	Unknown	Joseph-Alphonse Beaulieu	1,895	46.4
Total valid votes			4,088	100.0
Called upon Mr. Nantel being appointed Railway Commissioner, 20 October 1914.

References

1. Gédéon Rochon – Parliament of Canada biography
2. Johnson, J.K. (1968). The Canadian Directory of Parliament 1867-1967. Public Archives of Canada.
3. Laurin, Serge (1999). Rouge, bleu : la saga des Prévost et des Nantel: chronique d'un siècle d'histoire politique dans la région des Laurentides (in French). Presses Université Laval. pp. 37–38. ISBN 2-7637-7671-X.