Samuel Gobeil

The Hon. Samuel Gobeil

Member of the Canadian Parliament for Compton
In office 1930–1935
Preceded by	Joseph Étienne Letellier de Saint-Just
Succeeded by	Joseph-Adéodat Blanchette
Personal details
Born	(1875-08-17)August 17, 1875 La Patrie, Quebec
Died	January 1, 1961(1961-01-01) (aged 85)
Political party	Conservative
Cabinet	Postmaster General (1935)

Samuel Gobeil, PC (August 17, 1875 – January 1, 1961) was a Canadian politician.

Born in La Patrie, Quebec, he was defeated twice (in 1925 and 1926) before being elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing the Quebec riding of Compton in the 1930 federal election. A Conservative, he was defeated in 1935 and 1940. In 1935, he was briefly the Postmaster General.

References

Samuel Gobeil – Parliament of Canada biography

Postmasters General

Campbell O'Connor Macdonald Fournier Huntington Langevin Campbell O'Connor Campbell O'Connor Carling Campbell McLelan Carling (acting) Haggart Caron Taillon Mulock Aylesworth Lemieux Béland Pelletier Casgrain Blondin Belley Murphy Manion Veniot Sauvé Gobeil Elliott McLarty Power Ilsley (acting) Mulock Bertrand Rinfret Côté Pinard (acting) Lapointe Hamilton MacLean (acting) Fairclough Denis Nicholson Tremblay Côté Kierans Côté Ouellet Mackasey Blais Lamontagne Fraser Ouellet¹

¹The office of Postmaster General was abolished when the Post Office Department became a Crown Corporation known as the Canada Post Corporation on October 16, 1981.

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