Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau
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Jeffrey Alexandre Rousseau (December 22, 1852 – June 22, 1927) was a
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politician. The son of Alexandre Rousseau and Marie Proteau, Rousseau was elected to the
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for the Quebec electoral district of Champlain in the 1900 federal election. A Liberal, he was re-elected in the 1904 election and was defeated in the 1911 election. Rousseau was a merchant, farmer, manufacturer and banker. He served as mayor of
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from 1890 to 1896 and from 1904 to 1905. He was married twice: to Hélène-Catherine Hamelin in 1882 and to Corinne Dufresne in 1886.Douville, Raymon
''Hommes politiques de Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade'' (1973)
p. 46
Rousseau served in the militia during the Fenian raids and later served as lieutenant-colonel for the 4th Regiment of the Chasseurs Canadiens.


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;Source * ;Notes 1852 births 1927 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec 19th-century mayors of places in Quebec People of the Fenian raids 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 20th-century mayors of places in Quebec {{Quebec-mayor-stub