Victor Morin was a Canadian notary, politician, and writer.

Born in Saint-Hyacinthe

Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec

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, Canada East

Canada East

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, Morin studied at the Université Laval de Montréal

Université de Montréal

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. In 1890, he started working as a notary in his uncle's firm Papineau & Marin. He would practice his profession for the next 72 years.

In 1910, he was elected to the Montreal City Council for the Centre (Vieux-Montréal) district.

From 1915 to 1924, he was president of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society is an institution in Quebec dedicated to the protection of Quebec francophone interests and to the promotion of Quebec Sovereignism. Its current President is Mario Beaulieu....

. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Royal Society of Canada

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, he served as its president from 1938 to 1939.