Joseph Meunier was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Effingham in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1808 to 1814.

He was born in Ancienne-Lorette, the son of Joseph Meunier and Charlotte Bussière. In 1778, Meunier married Marie Gauthier-Landreville. He did not run for reelection in 1814. Meunier died in Sainte-Rose

Laval, Quebec

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at the age of 74.