Joseph Dumont (April 19, 1847 – January 15, 1912) was a merchant and political figure in

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. He represented Kamouraska in the

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from 1877 to 1878 and Kamouraska in the

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from 1878 to 1882 as a

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member.

Biography

He was born in Saint-André, Quebec, the son of Lifsey Dumont and Émilie Saint-Pierre, and was educated at

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. In 1869, he was named a

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. Dumont was a merchant at Kamouraska. He was elected to the provincial assembly in 1877 after

Charles-François Roy Charles-François Roy (September 14, 1835 – April 13, 1882) was a civil engineer, land surveyor and political figure in Quebec. He represented Kamouraska in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1869 to 1877 and Kamouraska in the House ...

was elected to the House of Commons; his election was overturned in March of the following year. Dumont was married twice: to Cléophile Paradis in 1874 and to Marie-Eugénie Gagnon in 1889. He lived in the

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from 1882 to 1887. On his return, he became archivist for the Secretariat of Quebec, serving until 1909, when he was named deputy secretary for the province. In the same year, he was named a knight in the

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. Dumont died in

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at the age of 64.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dumont, Joseph 1847 births 1912 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Liberal Party of Canada MPs 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 19th-century members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec