Joseph Brunet was a politician and businessman. He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Member of the Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Canada

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 in the 1902 election to represent the riding

Electoral district (Canada)

An electoral district in Canada, also known as a constituency or a riding, is a geographical constituency upon which Canada's representative democracy is based...

 of St. James

St. James (electoral district)

St. James was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1892 to 1952.The riding was created in 1892 from parts of Montreal Centre and Montreal East ridings. It consisted initially of St. James's Ward and the East Ward in the city of...

. His election was declared void on December 22, 1902. Prior to his federal political career, he was elected to the Quebec National Assembly as a Member of the Quebec Liberal Party to represent the electoral district

Electoral district

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 of Montreal No. 2 in Quebec

Quebec

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 in 1890. Brunet was an alderman

Alderman

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 for Montreal

Montreal

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 for two terms between 1872 and 1877 and 1886 to 1902.

External links

• Joseph Brunet at Find-A-Grave