Background
He was born in Beauport, Canada East, the son of Ambroise Gendron and Esther Chamberland, and moved to Hull in 1876.
politician Member of the National Assembly
He was born in Beauport, Canada East, the son of Ambroise Gendron and Esther Chamberland, and moved to Hull in 1876.
He represented Ottawa electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1904 to 1917 as a Liberal. Gendron was employed by the East. B. Eddy Company as a wood inspector and then general superintendent of lumber yards. Gendron was president of the Hurricanaw Lumber Company and the Raven Lake Mining Company.
He was also crown lands agent for Ottawa and Labelle and Pontiac districts from 1898 to 1905.
Gendron served on the town council for Hull from 1902 to 1903 and was mayor from 1903 to 1904. He died in office in Amos at the age of 61 and was buried in Hull.
In 1915, a covered bridge was built across the Gatineau River near the town of Wakefield and named the Gendron Bridge in his honour. The original bridge was destroyed after being set on fire by an arsonist in 1984 but was later rebuilt.