Charles-Eugène Pouliot was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Témiscouata

Témiscouata (provincial electoral district)

Témiscouata was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in Eastern Quebec, it was formed in 1867 and was merged with Kamouraska in 1973 to form the new riding of Kamouraska-Témiscouata....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1890 to 1892 and Témiscouata

Témiscouata (electoral district)

Témiscouata was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1979....

 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1896 to 1897 as a Liberal

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.

He was born in Rivière-du-Loup

Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec

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, Canada East

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, the son of Jean-Baptiste Pouliot

Jean-Baptiste Pouliot

Jean-Baptiste Pouliot was a Quebec notary and political figure. He represented Témiscouata in the Canadian House of Commons as a Liberal member from 1874 to 1878.He was born at Kamouraska in 1816...

 and Sophronie Blais. Pouliot was educated at the Séminaire de Québec and went on to study law at the Université Laval

Université Laval

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. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1879 and set up practice in Rivière-du-Loup. Pouliot ran unsuccessfully for a federal seat in 1887. In the same year, he was married to Stella-Anita Bertrand. He was defeated by Napoléon Rioux

Napoléon Rioux

Napoléon Rioux was a seigneur, merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Témiscouata in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1892 to 1897 as a Conservative....

 when he ran for reelection to the Quebec assembly in 1892. He died in office in Fraserville at the age of 40.

His son Jean-François Pouliot

Jean-François Pouliot (politician)

Jean-François Pouliot was a lawyer, author and political figure in Quebec. He represented Témiscouata in the Canadian House of Commons from 1924 to 1955 as a Liberal and, for a period, as an Independent Liberal...

 served in the House of Commons and Canadian senate. His nephew Camille-Eugène Pouliot

Camille-Eugène Pouliot

Camille-Eugène Pouliot was a Canadian provincial politician.Born in Fraserville , Quebec, Pouliot was the member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Gaspé-Sud from 1936 to 1962.-References:...

also served as a member of the Quebec assembly.