Background
He was born in Montreal, Quebec and became a lawyer
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Paul Mercier
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Mercier attended school at Montcalm, then Sainte-Therese College and Université Laval.
Career
He was appointed as King"s Counsel in 1922. He was first elected to Parliament at the Westmount—Saint Henri riding in the 1921 general election. After riding boundary changes in 1924, Mercier was re-elected at the new Saint Henri electoral district in the 1925 federal election, then re-elected there in 1926, 1930 and 1935 (in 1933, the riding"s English name became "Street Henry").
On 29 November 1937, Mercier accepted an appointment to become a Montreal region Circuit Court judge, leaving the House of Commons before completing his term in the 18th Canadian Parliament.
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Nationality
Canada -
Political Party
Liberal Party of Canada