Cyrille-Émile Vaillancourt (March 20, 1848 – June 7, 1912) was a physician and political figure in

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. He represented Dorchester in the

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from 1891 to 1896 as a

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member. He was born in Saint-Roch,

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. In 1872, he married Marie-Louise Larochelle. He set up practice at

Saint-Anselme Saint-Anselme () is a village in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, part of the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is the second biggest municipality in the RCM, after Saint-Henri. The Etchemin River go ...

in 1873 and later served as mayor and then registrar for Dorchester County.''La Petite histoire des paroisses de la Fédération des cercles de fermières du district régional no 4 ...'' (1950)
pp. 544-5 Vaillancourt ran unsuccessfully for reelection to the House of Commons in 1896 and 1904. His son

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later served in the Canadian senate.

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Cyrille Émile Vaillancourt, Canadian historical portraits, Ville de Montréal
1848 births 1912 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec 19th-century mayors of places in Quebec Nationalist MPs 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada {{Quebec-mayor-stub