Marin Gallant

GALLANT, MARIN, teacher, farmer, and public school supervisor; b. 24 July 1873 in South Rustico, son of Arcade Gallant and Virginia Blanchard; m. 15 October 1907 Marie-Rose Arsenault, and they had four children, Virginia, Yvonne, Antonin, and Edmond; Roman Catholic; d. 25 October 1958. Gallant, a Liberal, was first elected to the Legislative Assembly in the general election of 1935 for 3rd Prince. He was re-elected in the general elections of 1939 and 1943. He was defeated in the general election of 1927. On 15 August 1935, Gallant was appointed as a Minister without Portfolio, where he served until 1946. He also served as a President of the East Prince Liberal Association. Gallant received his early education at St. Augustine School. Later he attended New Glasgow Grammar School and St. Dunstan's College. Gallant received a first class teacher's licence in 1899, and went on to teach in Rustico, Miscouche, and Egmont Bay from 1894 to 1910. From 1910 to 1922, and again from 1927 to 1932, he worked as a public school supervisor for the French schools in the province. Gallant served as president of the Acadian Teachers' Association of Prince Edward Island and was a member of the Artisans Canadiens Francais of Montreal and the Societe L'Assomption in Moncton. He had an interest in the early history of French settlement on the Island and studied the genealogy of the early settlers and their ancestors. Marin Gallant died on 25 October 1958. Marie-Rose Gallant was the daughter of John Fidele Arsenault of Abrams Village.