Leon Crestohl

Leon David Crestohl
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Cartier
In office
1950–1963
Preceded by Maurice Hartt
Succeeded by Milton L. Klein
Personal details
Born (1900-05-07)May 7, 1900
Warsaw, then Kingdom of Poland
Died March 21, 1963(1963-03-21) (aged 62)
Political party Liberal
Relations Hyman Meyer Crestohl, father

Leon David Crestohl (May 7, 1900 March 21, 1963) was a Canadian lawyer and politician.

Born in Warsaw, then in the Kingdom of Poland, the son of Rabbi Hyman Meyer Crestohl (1865–1928), he emigrated with his family to Canada in 1911 living in Quebec City before moving to Montreal in 1919. Crestohl was educated at McGill University and the Université de Montréal. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1926 and was made a King's Counsel in 1944. During World War II, he served as Crown Counsel for the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in Montreal.

Crestohl was elected to the Canadian House of Commons for Cartier in a 1950 by-election held after the death of the previous MP, Maurice Hartt. A Liberal, he was re-elected in 1953, 1957, 1958, and 1962.

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