Lionel Chevrier

Lionel Chevrier PC CC QC (April 2, 1903 – July 8, 1987) was a Canadian politician who was a Member of Parliament and cabinet minister.

Chevrier was called to the bar in 1928 and was named King's Counsel in 1939.

He resigned in 1954, when he was appointed the first president of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Authority.

From 1943 to 1945, he was Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Munitions and Supply.

He resigned from the House of Commons in 1964 to become the Canadian High Commissioner in London.

Lionel Chevrier and colleagues in the 16th Canadian Ministry (Rear, L-R): Hons. J. J. McCann, Paul Martin, Joseph Jean, J. A. Glen, Brooke Claxton, Alphonse Fournier, Ernest Bertrand, A. G. L. McNaughton, Lionel Chevrier, D. C. Abbott, D. L. MacLaren Date