Louis-Marie-Joseph Beaumont (December 8, 1753 – November 14, 1828) was a farmer and political figure in Lower Canada

Lower Canada

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. He represented Leinster in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada

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 from 1800 to 1804.

He was born in Montreal

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, the son of François Beaumont, dit Pistolet and Françoise Boucher. In 1780, he married Marie-Rose Gauthier. Beaumont operated a farm at Lachenaie

Lachenaie, Quebec

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. He did not run for reelection in 1804. In 1821, he was named a justice of the peace

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. Beaumont died in Lachenaie at the age of 74.