About Victor Morin
Lived 1865 – 1960 (aged 95). Victor Morin was a Canadian politician, notary and historian.
Victor Morin (August 15, 1865 – September 30, 1960) was a Canadian notary, politician, and writer.
Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada East, Morin studied at the Université Laval de Montréal. In 1890, he started working as a notary in his uncle's firm Papineau & Marin. He would practice his profession for the next 72 years.
In 1910, he was elected to Montreal City Council for the Centre (Vieux-Montréal) district. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he served as its president from 1938 to 1939.
He is the author of the Code Morin, a book of rules for conducting deliberative assemblies, used in Quebec and Acadia. Morin's rules are inspired by Robert's Rules of Order.
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Who was Victor Morin?
Canadian politician (1865–1960)
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Victor Morin was born on 15 August 1865 in Saint-Hyacinthe.
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Victor Morin died on 30 September 1960 in Montreal.
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Victor Morin was a politician, notary and historian.
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Victor Morin was Canadian.
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