Gédéon Rochon was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Terrebonne

Terrebonne—Blainville

Terrebonne—Blainville is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1867....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1915 to 1917 as a Conservative

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He was born in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec

Saint-Jérôme, Quebec

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, the son of David Rochon and Célina Nantel, and was educated at the Séminaire de Sainte-Thérèse and the Université Laval

Université Laval

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. 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 an 1915 by-election held after his uncle Wilfrid-Bruno Nantel was named Railway Commissioner. Rochon died in office in Saint-Jérôme at the age of 40.

Another uncle Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel

Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel

Guillaume-Alphonse Nantel was a Canadian lawyer, journalist, author, newspaper owner, and politician. Born in Saint-Jerome, Quebec, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons as a Conservative candidate in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne in the 1882 federal election...

also served in the House of Commons.