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| death_place = [[Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec]]
| death_place = [[Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec]]
| party = [[Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)|Conservative]]
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| spouse = Marie-Jeanne Pellant
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'''Gédéon Ouimet''' (June 2, 1823 – April 23, 1905) was a [[French-Canadian]] politician.
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'''Gédéon Ouimet''' (June 2, 1823 – April 23, 1905) was a [[French-Canadian]] [[politician]].


Born in what is today part of the city of [[Laval, Quebec|Laval]], [[Quebec]] [[Canada]], Ouimet served as the [[List of premiers of Quebec|second]] [[Premier of Quebec|Premier]] of the province of [[Quebec]] from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He resigned as party leader of the [[Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)|Conservative Party of Quebec]] in 1874.
Born in what is today part of the city of [[Laval, Quebec]] Canada, Ouimet served as the second [[premier of Quebec]] from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He resigned as party leader of the [[Conservative Party of Quebec (historical)|Conservative Party of Quebec]] in 1874 because of the [[Tanneries scandal]] which implicated the government of Quebec.


He was appointed to the [[Legislative Council of Quebec]] in 1895.
He was appointed to the [[Legislative Council of Quebec]] in 1895.


He died in [[Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec]] in 1905. The Quebec town of Grandmont changed its name to [[Saint-Gédéon, Quebec|Saint-Gédéon]] in honour of Ouimet. A bridge was also named after him that is crossing the Mille ILes (Thousand Islands) river over Laurentian Highway 15. It connects the municipality of Laval to the northern shore in what is currently known as the town of Boisbriand.
He died in [[Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec]] in 1905.
The Quebec town of Grandmont changed its name to [[Saint-Gédéon, Quebec|Saint-Gédéon]] in honour of Ouimet. A bridge on Highway 15 (Laurentian) was also named after him; the bridge crosses the [[Rivière des Mille Îles]]. It connects the municipality of Laval to the northern shore in what is now known as the town of Boisbriand.


==See also==
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*[[List of Quebec general elections]]
*[[List of Quebec general elections]]
*[[Timeline of Quebec history]]
*[[Timeline of Quebec history]]
*[[List of Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal]]
*[[List of presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal]]


==External links==
==External links==
*{{cite DCB |first1=Michèle |last1=Brassard |first2=Jean |last2=Hamelin |title=Ouimet, Gédéon |volume=13 |url=http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ouimet_gedeon_13E.html}}
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*[http://www.ville.st-gedeon.qc.ca/cadre.php?page=historique History of the Quebec town of Saint-Gédéon] {{fr icon}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050311111228/http://www.ville.st-gedeon.qc.ca/cadre.php?page=historique History of the Quebec town of Saint-Gédéon] {{in lang|fr}}


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Latest revision as of 15:46, 25 September 2024

Gédéon Ouimet
2nd Premier of Quebec
In office
February 27, 1873 – September 22, 1874
MonarchVictoria
Lieutenant GovernorRené-Édouard Caron
Preceded byPierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau
Succeeded byCharles Boucher de Boucherville
Deux-Montagnes
In office
September 1, 1867 – January 28, 1876
Preceded bynone
Succeeded byCharles Champagne
Member of Legislative Council for Rougemont
In office
May 2, 1895 – April 23, 1905
Appointed byNarcisse-Fortunat Belleau
Preceded byPierre Boucher de la Bruère
Succeeded byFrançois Gosselin
Personal details
Born(1823-06-02)June 2, 1823
Sainte-Rose (Laval), Lower Canada
DiedApril 23, 1905(1905-04-23) (aged 81)
Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Marie-Jeanne Pellant
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(m. 1850)​

Gédéon Ouimet (June 2, 1823 – April 23, 1905) was a French-Canadian politician.

Born in what is today part of the city of Laval, Quebec Canada, Ouimet served as the second premier of Quebec from February 26, 1873 to September 22, 1874. He resigned as party leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec in 1874 because of the Tanneries scandal which implicated the government of Quebec.

He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Quebec in 1895.

He died in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec in 1905.

The Quebec town of Grandmont changed its name to Saint-Gédéon in honour of Ouimet. A bridge on Highway 15 (Laurentian) was also named after him; the bridge crosses the Rivière des Mille Îles. It connects the municipality of Laval to the northern shore in what is now known as the town of Boisbriand.

See also

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  • Brassard, Michèle; Hamelin, Jean (1994). "Ouimet, Gédéon". In Cook, Ramsay; Hamelin, Jean (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XIII (1901–1910) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  • History of the Quebec town of Saint-Gédéon (in French)
Political offices
Preceded by MLA, District of Beauharnois
1858–1861 		Succeeded by


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