Henri Morel (Canadian politician)

{{Short description|Canadian politician and butcher}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Henri Morel

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| birth_date = July 21, 1867

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|death_date={{dda|1934|6|24|1867|7|21}}

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| office1 = MPP for Nipissing

| term_start1 = 1908

| term_end1 = 1919

| predecessor1 = first member

| successor1 = Joseph Marceau

| office2 = MPP for Nipissing

| term_start2 = 1923

| term_end2 = 1930

| predecessor2 = Joseph Marceau

| successor2 = Charles Robert Harrison

| party = Conservative

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Henri Morel (July 21, 1867 Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1912, EJ Chambers

– 1934{{cite web |url=http://www.pastforward.ca/perspectives/columns/09_05_15.htm |title=More Mattawa Matters on their 125th |last=Mackey |first=Doug |publisher=Community Voices |location=North Bay |accessdate=2011-06-16}}|) was an Ontario butcher and political figure. He represented Nipissing in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1908 to 1919 and from 1923 to 1930 as a Conservative member.[http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_all_detail.do?locale=en&ID=1616 Member's parliamentary history for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario] His name also appears as Henry Morel.

He was born in Rimouski, Quebec, the son of Xavier Morel, and educated in Arnprior, Ontario. In 1890, he married Alexina Bangs. He lived in Mattawa. Morel ran unsuccessfully for the Nipissing seat in the House of Commons in 1930.{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/About/Parliament/FederalRidingsHistory/hfer.asp?Include=Y&Language=E&rid=487&Search=Det |title=History of Federal Ridings since 1867 |publisher=Parliament of Canada |accessdate=2011-06-16}} He died in 1934.{{Cite web|url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JK6Z-KF9|title=FamilySearch.org|accessdate=25 June 2023}}