Jean-François Guité was a Canadian

Canada

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 politician.

Born in Maria, Canada East

Canada East

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, Guité was a lumber merchant by profession, and on his mother's side (Madeleine Caron from Perce, Que.) a descendant of Guillaume Blanchard, who first arrived at Port Royal, NS. in 1606. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 for the electoral district

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 of Bonaventure

Bonaventure (electoral district)

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 in a 1897 by-election

By-election

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 called after the death of the sitting MP, William LeBoutillier Fauvel. A Liberal

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, he did not run in 1900 election

Canadian federal election, 1900

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