François Octave Dugas was a Canadian

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 politician.

Born in St-Jacques de l'Achigan, Montcalm County, Canada East

Canada East

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, the son of Aimé Dugas and Sophie Poirier, Dugas was educated at St. Mary's College in Montreal and McGill University

McGill University

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. He was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1880 and set up practice as a lawyer in Joliette. Dugas was Crown Prosecutor for the District of Joliette from 1887 to 1892 and again from 1897 to 1909. He also served as solicitor for the town of Joliette from 1890 to 1900. Dugas was created a King's Counsel in 1899. He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 for the electoral district of Montcalm

Montcalm (electoral district)

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 in the general elections of 1900

Canadian federal election, 1900

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. A Liberal

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, He was re-elected in 1904

Canadian federal election, 1904

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 and 1908

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In 1909, he was named judge in the Quebec Superior Court

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 for Joliette district. He died at Joliette at the age of 66.

His son Lucien

Lucien Dugas

Lucien Dugas was an educator, lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Joliette in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1927 to 1936 as a Liberal...

served as a member of the Quebec assembly.