Joseph-Élisée Beaudet was a businessman and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay

Saguenay (provincial electoral district)

Saguenay was a provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada. The Saguenay district proper was created in 1948 after a split of the district of Charlevoix-Saguenay that existed from 1912 to 1944. located in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region, Saguenay was also part of...

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1880 to 1881 as a Conservative. His name also appears as Élisée Beaudet.

He was born in Lotbinière

Lotbinière, Quebec

Lotbinière is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 909 as of 2009. It is named after seigneurie of which it was part...

, Lower Canada

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, the son of Amable Beaudet and Félicité Chabot. He was partner with Eugène Chinic

Eugène Chinic

Guillaume-Eugène Chinic was a Canadian businessman and politician.Born in Quebec City, he was one of the founders of the District Bank of Quebec ....

 in the firm Chinic et Beaudet, later the Chinic Hardware Company of Québec. Beaudet was also co-owner of a sawmill

Sawmill

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 at Betsiamites

Betsiamites, Quebec

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 and director and vice-president for the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway. He later served as a customs official at Quebec City

Quebec City

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. He was married twice: to Éléonore-Georgianne Hardy in 1859 and to Emma Bourgeois in 1906.

He was first elected to the Quebec assembly in an 1880 by-election held after William Evan Price

William Evan Price

William Evan Price was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Chicoutimi—Saguenay from 1872 to 1874.-Biography:...

 resigned his seat for health reasons. He was an unsuccessful candidate in an 1886 by-election held for the Lotbinière seat in the Quebec assembly. Beaudet died in Quebec City and was buried at Sainte-Foy

Sainte-Foy, Quebec

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