Lawrence John Cannon was a Canadian

Canada

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 lawyer and judge.

Born in Quebec City

Quebec City

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, Canada East

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, the son of Lawrence Ambrose Cannon and Mary Jane Cary, his godfather was Augustin-Norbert Morin

Augustin-Norbert Morin

Augustin-Norbert Morin was a lawyer, judgeBorn in Saint-Michel, Lower Canada, into a large Roman Catholic farming family, Morin was identified by the parish priest at a young age as a boy of exceptional talent and intelligence. The parish priest therefore arranged for his education at the...

. Cannon studied at the Séminaire de Québec and the Séminaire de Nicolet before receiving a law degree from the Université Laval. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1874 and practiced law in Arthabaskaville (Victoriaville) in partnership with Édouard-Louis Pacaud

Édouard-Louis Pacaud

Édouard-Louis Pacaud was a Quebec lawyer and political figure. He represented Kennebec division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1887 to 1889....

. In 1882

Canadian federal election, 1882

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, he ran unsuccessfully as the Liberal

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate for the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 in the riding of Drummond—Arthabaska

Drummond—Arthabaska

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 losing to Désiré Olivier Bourbeau

Désiré Olivier Bourbeau

Désiré Olivier Bourbeau was a politician and merchant.The son of L. Bourbeau and Édesse Gauvreau, Bourbeau established himself as a merchant in Victoriaville. He married M.B. Bouchard. Bourbeau was a director of the Arthabaska Building Society, the Arthabaska Agricultural Society and the Mutual...

. In 1891, he was appointed deputy attorney general and law clerk for the province of Quebec. He was appointed a judge of the Superior Court for the district of Trois-Rivières in 1905 and served as a judge until his death in 1921.