made professor of administrative law in Laval University and is
regarded as one of the prominent law educators of the country.
His public-spirited citizenship finds expression in active
support of many measures and movements for the public good and
his cooperation can always be counted upon when the welfare
of city, province or country is at stake. He has taken great
interest for many years past in social questions, and is vice
president general of the St. Jean Baptiste Society, the national
association of French-Canadians. He was a director of Montreal
Citizens Association from 1908 until 1910 and his position upon
the temperance question is indicated by the fact that he is now
the general secretary of the Montreal Anti-Alcoholic League.
[Illustration: VICTOR MORIN]
Prominent in the Independent Order of Foresters, Mr. Morin was
its supreme vice chief ranger from 1898 to 1902, and has been
its past supreme chief ranger since 1905; in 1895-6 he edited
and published a paper in the interests of that fraternity called
Le Forestier. Since 1890 he has delivered many lectures to
fraternal societies and no man is better qualified to speak on
the beneficent basic principles of the organization.
His authorship has made Mr. Morin equally widely known. He was
actively interested in the literary work of the Cercle Ville
Marie as its secretary from 1886 until 1888. He is the author of
Vingt Ans Après, the second edition of which was brought forth
in 1909. He is silver medalist of the Ligue Nationale de la
Prévoyance et de la Mutualité, of Paris, France, and honorary
vice president of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of
Montreal. His active interest in affairs of vital importance
to the city has been manifest in his capable public service
as alderman of Montreal, to which position he was elected in
1910. His political support is given to the liberal party and
his religious faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. He
is prominent in club circles, is a member of the St. Denis and
Reform Clubs, and is secretary of the Maison des Etudiants. His
library, which is extensive and well selected, furnishes him his
chief source of recreation and interest.
Mr. Morin was married in 1893 at Biddeford, Maine, to Miss
Fannie, daughter of the Hon. D. Cote. In 1896 he wedded
Alphonsine, daughter of Victor Cote, of St. Hyacinthe. They
reside at No. 703 St. Urbain Street with their eleven children,
and spend their summer months in their attractive villa on the
slope of Mount St. Bruno. His life has been so varied in its
activities and so honorable in its purposes as to leave an
indelible impress for good upon the community and through his
professional, business and fraternal connections Mr. Morin has
come to be recognized as one of the leading residents of Montreal.
HUBERT ADOLPHE ELZEAR GRANDBOIS.
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