Louis-Simon-René Morin was head of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 during World War II

World War II

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 from 1940 to 1944, and was the first francophone to head of the CBC.

Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

Saint-Hyacinthe is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the Canada 2006 Census was 55,823. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region, and is traversed by the Yamaska River which flows...

, Morin studied at McGill University

McGill University

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. He subsequently worked as a notary, and was mayor of Saint-Hyacinthe from 1915 to 1917. He was elected as MP for St. Hyacinthe—Rouville

St. Hyacinthe—Rouville

St. Hyacinthe—Rouville was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1917 to 1935....

 in 1921, and served till 1930.

He later became head of the General Trust of Canada in 1927 and head of the Chambre des notaires du Québec from 1921 to 1924.

He joined Radio-Canada as vice-president from 1936 to 1940 and remained a member of the CBC board until 1955.

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