Lucien Cannon

Lucien Cannon (January 16, 1887 – February 14, 1950) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Arthabaska, Quebec, the son of Lawrence John Cannon and Aurélie Dumoulin, he studied law at the Laval University and was called to the Quebec Bar in 1910. His brother was Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, a puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. His nephew, Charles-Arthur Dumoulin Cannon, and grandson, Lawrence Cannon, were also MPs.

In 1911 federal election, he ran as a Liberal candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Charlevoix losing to Joseph David Rodolphe Forget. In a 1913 by-election, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Dorchester. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1916. He resigned in 1917 to run again for the Canadian House of Commons in the riding of Dorchester in a by-election. He was defeated, but was elected in the 1917 federal election. He was re-elected in 1921, 1925, and 1926. From 1925 to 1930, he was the Solicitor General of Canada. He was defeated in the 1930 federal election but was re-elected in the 1935 election for the riding of Portneuf. He resigned in 1936 when he was appointed a judge.

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National Assembly of Quebec
Preceded by Alfred Morisset	Member of Legislative Assembly for Dorchester 1913–1917	Succeeded by Joseph-Charles-Ernest Ouellet
Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Joseph Pierre Albert Sévigny	Member of Parliament for Dorchester 1917–1930	Succeeded by Onésime Gagnon
Preceded by Jules Desrochers	Member of Parliament for Portneuf 1935–1936	Succeeded by Pierre Gauthier
Political offices
Preceded by Guillaume-André Fauteux	Solicitor General of Canada 1925–1930	Succeeded by Maurice Dupré