Augustin-Norbert Morin (French pronunciation: [oɡystɛ̃ nɔʁbɛʁ mɔʁɛ̃]; October 13, 1803 – July 27, 1865) was a Canadien journalist, lawyer, politician, and rebel in Lower Canada.

Although he participated in the Lower Canada Rebellion, the British authorities concluded his conduct did not warrant a charge of high treason.

[1][2] After leaving the seminary, Morin worked as newspaperman in order to earn money for the study of law as a clerk in the office of Denis-Benjamin Viger, who in addition to being a well-recognised lawyer, was one of the leading figures in the nationalist Parti canadien.

Morin also taught Latin and mathematics in order to earn money; Viger did not have a reputation of generosity towards his law clerks.

Over the next decade, even while developing his legal practice and entering politics, Morin contributed articles on a regular basis to La Minerve, on a wide range of topics.

[1][2] In 1830, at age 27, Morin was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada to represent Bellechasse, sitting in the 14th Parliament.

[2] Morin was part of a new, younger French-Canadian contingent, along with Louis-Joseph Papineau, Charles-Ovide Perrault, and Édouard-Étienne Rodier.

[3] Morin was also a hard worker, sitting on seven different committees, and regretfully advised Duvernay that he would not be able to produce as many articles for La Minerve.

However, Morin was able to assist when Duvernay was imprisoned for articles he published in the paper, criticising the appointed Legislative Council.

However, as the political debates over the British government of the province grew more heated, by 1836 he had moved to the radical wing of the party and become a strong supporter of Papineau.

He was arrested in October 1839 and held briefly, but the British authorities did not consider that a charge of high treason was justified.

He ultimately opposed the union because the Act created equal representation of the two regions in the new Parliament, in spite of Lower Canada's greater population.

In the first major vote in the Assembly, he was a co-sponsor of a motion condemning the union, which was defeated but attracted the support of all but two of the French-Canadian members.

He supported Baldwin and Lafontaine a year later in the major dispute with the new Governor General, Sir Charles Metcalfe, where all the members of the Lafontaine-Baldwin ministry resigned, except for one minister, Dominick Daly.

However, Morin was named a judge in the Quebec Superior Court and he also took part in the commission which drafted a new civil code for Canada East.