Henri Groulx

Henri Groulx
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Outremont
In office
1939–1952
Preceded byDistrict was created in 1939
Succeeded byGeorges-Émile Lapalme
Personal details
Born(1888-05-21)21 May 1888
Montreal, Quebec
Died16 July 1952(1952-07-16) (aged 64)
Outremont, Quebec
Political partyLiberal

Henri Groulx (21 May 1888 – 16 July 1952) was a Canadian pharmacist and politician.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Groulx was educated at the Collège Mont-Saint-Louis, Collège Saint-Laurent and at Université Laval à Montréal. He was a pharmacist since 1914 and owned a pharmacy.[1]

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Outremont in 1939. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1944, 1948, and 1952. He was a Provincial Secretary (1939-1940), Minister of Health (1939-1941), Minister of Welfare (1940-1941), and Minister of Health and Welfare (1941-1944).[1]

He received an honorary degree in pharmacy from the Université de Montréal on May 30, 1941.[1]

He died on 16 July 1952, the night of the election, in Outremont[1] and was entombed at the Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.[2]

  1. ^ a b c d "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  2. ^ Répertoire des personnages inhumés au cimetière ayant marqué l'histoire de notre société (in French). Montreal: Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery.