Louis-Éphrem Olivier was a physician and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Mégantic

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1878 to 1882 as a Liberal

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 member.

He was born in Saint-Nicolas

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, Canada East

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, the son of Jean Baptiste Olivier and Thessile Plante, and was educated at the Séminaire de Québec. In 1875, he married Maria Adelia Pelletier. Olivier was unsuccessful when he ran for reelection in 1882. He died later that year at the age of 34.