François Benjamin Godin was a Quebec

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 lawyer and political figure. He was a Liberal

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 member of the 1st Canadian Parliament

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 representing Joliette

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He was born in Saint-Constant

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, Lower Canada

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 in 1828, the son of Joseph Godin and Sophie Connaissant, and educated at Montreal

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. Godin studied law and was called to the bar in 1849. In 1850, he married Alice Bernard. Godin ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1871. In 1878, he was named Queen's Counsel

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. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1878 and 1880.

His grandson Lucien Dugas

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later represented Joliette in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and served as speaker in 1936.