Joseph-Enoil Michaud, was a Canadian

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 politician.

Born in Saint-Antonin

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, Quebec

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, Michaud represented Madawaska County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick

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 from 1917 to 1933 as a Liberal. He served as a minister without portfolio in the province's Executive Council from 1920 to 1921 and 1923 to 1925. Michaud was also mayor of Edmundston from 1919 to 1920 and from 1932 to 1936.

He was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 representing the New Brunswick

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 riding of Restigouche—Madawaska

Restigouche—Madawaska

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 in a 1933 by-election

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. A Liberal

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, he was re-elected in 1935

Canadian federal election, 1935

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 and 1940

Canadian federal election, 1940

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. He held the following ministerial positions in the cabinet of Mackenzie King: Minister of Fisheries, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada (Acting), Minister of Public Works (Acting), and Minister of Transport.