relations predecessor successor parliament birth_place constituency_mp death_date party birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
hyman meyer crestohl , father maurice hartt milton l. klein canadian warsaw , then russian empire cartier 21 march 1963 liberal 07 may 1900 1950 leon crestohl
 1963 leon david crestohl
leon crestohl

leon david crestohl -lrb- may 7 , 1900 -- march 21 , 1963 -rrb- was a canadian lawyer and politician .
born in warsaw , then in the russian empire , the son of rabbi hyman meyer crestohl -lrb- 1865 -- 1928 -rrb- , 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 .
