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The Hon.
Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse
Senator for Essex, Ontario
In office
1928–1953
Appointed byWilliam Lyon Mackenzie King
Personal details
Born(1890-02-07)February 7, 1890
Ste-Élisabeth de Joliette, Quebec
DiedJanuary 18, 1953(1953-01-18) (aged 62)
Political partyLiberal

Joseph-Henri-Gustave Lacasse (February 7, 1890 – January 18, 1953) was a journalist, physician and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He sat for Essex division in the Senate of Canada from 1928 to 1953.[1]

He was born in Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Joliette, Quebec, the son of François-Xavier-Onésime Lacasse and Annie Gernon, and was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal and the Université Laval. He interned in medicine at Windsor and set up practice in Tecumseh. Lacasse spoke out strongly against Regulation 17, which limited Francophone education in Ontario.[2] He became known as "the lion of the peninsula" for his spirited opposition to this legislation.[3] Lacasse served on the town council of Tecumseh and was mayor from 1927 to 1928. He was married twice: to Marie-Anne Saint-Pierre in 1915 and to Marie Rose Lucienne Sasseville-Guilmant in 1948. Lacasse was founder and editor of three weekly journals: La Défense, La Presse-Frontière and La Feuille d'Érable. In 1952, he founded Imprimerie Lacasse at Tecumseh.[2] Lacasse was named to the Canadian senate at the age of 37 and died in office 25 years later.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b
  2. ^ a b "Fonds Gustave-Lacasse". University of Ottawa. Retrieved 2009-08-04.
  3. ^ "Fighting for education". ARCHEION. Retrieved 2009-08-04.

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