(?-?), businessman. He bought a gasoline distributorship at Apple Hill, GC, in 1934. In 1935 the Guindons moved from Bourget, Ont., to Apple Hill. Earlier, he had been a secondary school student at the University of Ottawa, and with his brother had operated a general store at Fugèreville in Northern Quebec, then worked in Montreal, and again operated a store, this time at Bourget, Ont. He was married to Joséphine Lalonde. (six children) Their children included: (1) Fernand Guindon, a minister in the Robarts and Davis Ontario Conservative governments, (2) Jean (John) V. Guindon (7 May 1926-24 June 1971), who in the 1950s bought the family petroleum business at Apple Hill. About this time Fernand Guindon established his own petroleum business in Cornwall. Jean V. Guindon was active in many local activities and organizations at Apple Hill, and he headed the drive to build a doctor’s clinic at Apple Hill. (3) Mgr Bernard Guindon (d. 9 Feb. 2000, aged 81), a well-known priest of the diocese of Alexandria-Cornwall. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1943, served as pastor at Maxville and Glen Walter, and was raised to the rank of Mgr in 1981. (4) Dr Jeannine Guindon, a writer on psychology, and (5) Professor Hubert Guindon (10 Oct. 1929-18 Oct. 2002), of Concordia University, the well-known, well-regarded Canadian sociologist, who died too late to have his own life in this dictionary. The Guindon family was also closely related to Rev. Roger Guindon, rector of the University of Ottawa.
Apple Hill (1982) 39, 62-63 &c. * Apple Hill cemetery * interview with Fr Bernard Guindon recorded 11 July 1977 for the Multicultural History Society of Ontario (copy of tape in the collections of the Society and of the present author) * Mgr Bernard Guindon: Glengarry News 5 Feb. 1943 & 6 May 1981; Ottawa Citizen 10 Feb. 2000, GN 16 Feb. 2000 * entries for Hubert and Roger Guindon in Canadian Who’s Who (e.g. 1990 volume) * history of Guindon-Glenoco firm, Le Point 28 oct. 1980 * advert. of Guindon family saluting the GN on its 100th anniversary, GN Centennial Issue 8 July 1992 * interview article by Stéphane Stapinsky on Hubert Guindon, with much autob. material from Hubert Guindon with some data on his parents, first published in Les Cahiers d’histoire du Québec au xxe siècle and then in L’Encyclopédie de l’Agora 1998-2007, and now available on Internet