Joseph-Victor Monfette was a farmer and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Nicolet

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 as a member of the Parti National

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He was born in Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets

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, Canada East

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, the son of Jean-Baptiste Monfet and Rosalie Gagnon. Monfette was a justice of the peace

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 and owned a farm at Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard

Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard, Quebec

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. Monfette was married twice: to Elmire Tousignant in 1866 and to Célina Legendre (née Pépin) in 1901. He was mayor of Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard from 1882 to 1890, from 1896 to 1901 and from 1910 to 1913. He died in Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard at the age of 82.