Alexis-Louis Demers was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Iberville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1881 to 1886 as a Liberal.

He was born in Saint-Jean-Chrysostome

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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, the son of Alexis Demers and Josephte Bessette. He was a notary clerk for his uncle Narcisse Demers. Demers was also a justice of the peace

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 and captain in the militia. He was secretary-treasurer and then mayor for Saint-Georges d'Henryville. Demers was married twice: to Marie-Julie Brazeau in 1849 and to Marie Goyette in 1855. He was reelected in 1886 but died in office at the age of 61 in Henryville

Henryville, Quebec

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.

His sons Louis-Philippe and Joseph

Marie Joseph Demers

Marie Joseph Demers was a Canadian politician.Born in St-Georges d'Henryville, Quebec, the son of Alexis-Louis Demers, former M.L.A. for Iberville, and the brother of Louis Philippe Demers, who sat in the Canadian House of Commons from 1900 to 1906 until he was appointed a Puisne Judge, Superior...

served in the Canadian House of Commons.