Jacques Bureau, (July 9, 1860 – January 23, 1933) was a

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politician. Born in

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, the son of J. Napoleon Bureau and Sophie Gingras, Bureau was educated at Nicolet College and received a Bachelor of Laws degree in 1881 from Laval University. A lawyer, he was elected to the

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for the riding of Three Rivers and St. Maurice in the 1900 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in

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, 1908,

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, and

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. From 1907 to 1911, he was the Solicitor General of Canada. From 1921 to 1925, he was the Minister of Customs and Excise. In 1925, after his involvement in the King-Byng Affair, he was called to the

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representing the senatorial division of La Salle, Quebec. He served until his death in 1933.

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