Camillien Houde

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Camillien Houde (1930)

Camillien Houde (born August 13, 1889 in Montreal , Québec , † September 11, 1958 ) was a Canadian politician . He was mayor of Montreal four times: from 1928 to 1932, from 1934 to 1936, from 1938 to 1940 and from 1944 to 1954. He was also a member of the Québec National Assembly from 1923 to 1931 and 1939 to 1944 . During the Second World War, he was imprisoned for four years without charge for vehemently opposed to the introduction of conscription. After all, he was a member of the lower house from 1949 to 1953 .

biography

Houde began his political career in 1923 with the election as a member of the National Assembly of Québec (Assemblée Législative du Québec), in which he represented the interests of the constituency of Montréal-Sainte-Marie until 1927, 1928 to 1931 and again from 1939 to 1944 . As chairman of the Parti conservateur du Québec from 1929 to 1932, he was also the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly of Québec between 1929 and 1931 .

In 1928, Houde was elected mayor of Montreal for the first time and held this office after his re-election from 1930 to 1932. During this period in 1931 despite the effects of the Great Depression of the Montreal Botanical Garden opened.

Houde (left) with the Prime Minister of Québec Maurice Duplessis during the 1948 election campaign

In 1934 he was a to 1936 permanent two-year term elected mayor as from 1938 to 1940. At the beginning of World War II took place on the initiative of the federal government of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King his detention after he called for that French Canadians are not for the Should enroll in military service . However, this action and his behavior during the conscription crisis of 1944 even boosted his popularity, so that he was re-elected mayor in 1944. After re-elections in 1947 and 1950, Houde, who was “Mr. Montreal “was named, so again from 1944 to 1954 Mayor of Montreal. After his resignation in 1954 due to a corruption case known as Pax Plante, Jean Drapeau succeeded him as mayor.

In the general election in 1949 , Houde was also elected a member of the Canadian House of Commons , where he represented the Papineau constituency for an electoral term as an independent until 1953 . In 1953 he decided not to run again.

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SURNAME Houde, Camillien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian politician and Mayor of Monreal
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal
DATE OF DEATH September 11, 1958
Place of death Montreal