Cyrille Dumaine was a Canadian politician from Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

. He was born on July 8, 1897 in Saint-Hugues and was a notary

Civil law notary

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Member of Parliament

Dumaine successfully ran as a Liberal Party of Canada

Liberal Party of Canada

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 candidate for the Bagot

Bagot (electoral district)

Bagot was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1935.It was created by the British North America Act of 1867, and was amalgamated into the St...

 district in a 27 January 1930 by-election. He was re-elected there in the 1930 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1930

The Canadian federal election of 1930 was held on July 28, 1930 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 17th Parliament of Canada...

. He did not run for re-election in the 1935 election

Canadian federal election, 1935

The Canadian federal election of 1935 was held on October 14, 1935 to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 18th Parliament of Canada. The Liberal Party of William Lyon Mackenzie King won a majority government, defeating Prime Minister R.B. Bennett's Conservative Party.The central...

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Provincial politics

He ran as a Liberal Party of Quebec candidate in the 1935 election

Quebec general election, 1935

The Quebec general election of 1935 was held on November 25, 1935 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada...

 for the district of Bagot

Bagot (provincial electoral district)

Bagot is a former provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. Created in 1867, the Estrie region district existed until 1972, when it was included in the new riding of Johnson in honour of former Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson who was a Member of the Legislative and National...

 and won. He was re-elected in the 1936 election

Quebec general election, 1936

The Quebec general election of 1936 was held on August 17, 1936 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout.This marked the end of slightly more...

, but his election was cancelled and he lost the subsequent by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

 against Union Nationale candidate Philippe Adam.

Dumaine was re-elected in the 1939

Quebec general election, 1939

The Quebec general election of 1939 was held on October 25, 1939 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada...

 and 1944 elections

Quebec general election, 1944

The Quebec general election of 1944 was held on August 8, 1944 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Union Nationale, led by former premier Maurice Duplessis, defeated the incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Adélard Godbout...

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Speaker of the House

He served as Deputy Speaker from 1942 to 1943 and as Speaker of the House from 1943 to 1945.

Death

Dumaine died in office on October 11, 1946. He was succeeded by Union Nationale politician Daniel Johnson, Sr.