Jean-Baptiste Pouliot
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Quebec
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notary
Civil law notary
Civil-law notaries, or Latin notaries, are lawyers of noncontentious private civil law who draft, take, and record legal instruments for private parties, provide legal advice and give attendance in person, and are vested as public officers with the authentication power of the State...
and political figure. He represented 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
Canadian House of Commons
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as a Liberal
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member from 1874 to 1878.
He was born at Kamouraska
Kamouraska, Quebec
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in 1816. He apprenticed as a notary at Rimouski, Trois-Pistoles
Trois-Pistoles, Quebec
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and Kamouraska; he was admitted to the profession in 1840 and set up practice at Kamouraska, then La Malbaie
La Malbaie, Quebec
La Malbaie is a municipality in the Charlevoix-Est Regional County Municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada, situated on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, at the mouth of the Malbaie River...
and finally at Fraserville. Pouliot served on the municipal council at Fraserville. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada
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for Témiscouata in 1863; he opposed Confederation
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.
He died at Fraserville in 1888.
His son Charles-Eugène
Charles-Eugène Pouliot
Charles-Eugène Pouliot was a lawyer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Témiscouata in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1890 to 1892 and Témiscouata in the Canadian House of Commons from 1896 to 1897 as a Liberal.He was born in Rivière-du-Loup, Canada East, the son of...
represented Témiscouata in the House of Commons and the Legislative Assembly of Quebec and his grandson 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...
later represented the same riding in the House of Commons and was later named to the Senate.