Hercule Dupré was a farmer, lumber merchant and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented St. Mary

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1896 to 1900 as a Liberal

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The son of Pierre Dupré, of Acadian

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 descent, he was born in Verchères

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, Canada East

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 and was educated there. In 1862, he married Vitaline Giard. Dupré worked on the family farm until the age of 28, when he entered the trade in lumber at Montreal

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 with Édouard Chaussé; he later formed a new company with his brother. He was president of the local Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society

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in 1885. Dupré served as a member of the city council for Montreal from 1894 to 1900.