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Henri Groulx

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

Quick Facts Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montréal-Outremont, Preceded by ...

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]

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