Career
Born in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, he worked as a journalist at Louisiana Presse and other newspapers and magazines. He was among those arrested under the War Measures Acting during the October Crisis in 1970. He served in various cabinet posts in the governments of René Lévesque and Pierre-Marc Johnson.
The area surrounding the Mont-Royal metro station has been named Place Gérald-Godin in his honour.
One of his poems is displayed as a mural overlooking the square. The Cégep Gérald-Godin (college) in Sainte-Geneviève, Montreal is named for him.
