Marie Charles Denis Paul Leduc (born January 28, 1889, date of death unknown) was an Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

 barrister, solicitor and political figure. He represented Ottawa East

Ottawa—Vanier (provincial electoral district)

Ottawa—Vanier is a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since 1908.It is composed of the eastern part of downtown Ottawa....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

The Legislative Assembly of Ontario , is the legislature of the Canadian province of Ontario, and is the second largest provincial legislature of Canada...

 as a Liberal member from 1934 to 1940.

He was born in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, the son of Napoléon Leduc, and was educated there and at the Université Laval

Université Laval

Laval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...

. In 1917, he married Gabrielle Belcourt, who was the daughter of Napoléon Belcourt

Napoléon Belcourt

Napoléon Antoine Belcourt, PC was a Franco-Ontarian parliamentarian in Canada.-Early life:Belcourt was born in Toronto to French-Canadian parents, Ferdinand-Napoléon Belcourt and Marie-Anne Clair, and raised in Trois-Rivières, Quebec...

. Leduc served as Minister of Mines in the provincial cabinet from 1934 to 1940.

External links

• Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario