Joseph Bresse was a merchant and political figure in Lower Canada

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. He represented Kent in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1814 to 1816.

He was born Pierre Bresse in Montreal

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, the son of Pierre Bresse dit Lajeunesse and Marie-Louise Nicault dit Contois. He established himself in business at Chambly

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. In 1796, he married Marguerite Sabatté. Bresse served as lieutenant in the militia during the War of 1812

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, later reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He also served as a commissioner for the construction of a road between Longueuil and Chambly and for the draining of a marsh located between Boucherville and Varennes. Bresse did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1816. He died in Chambly at the age of 66.