Louis Duhamel was a Quebec

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 physician and political figure. He represented County of Ottawa

Ottawa (County of)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1875 to 1886 as a Conservative member.

He was born Roch Duhamel in Verchères

Verchères, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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, the son of François Duhamel and Josephte Audet, and was educated at the Collège d'Ottawa and McGill University

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, qualifying to practice as a doctor in 1860. Duhamel practised in Ottawa

Ottawa

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, Pembroke

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 and in Wright County

Wright County, Quebec

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. He also owned a drug store in Hull

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. He was married twice: to Félonise Bel in 1862 and to Ézilda Mazurette dit Lapierre, the widow of Césaire Thérien

Césaire Thérien

Césaire Thérien was a merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented Laprairie in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1871 as a Conservative member....

, in 1901. Duhamel was registrar for Ottawa County from 1886 to 1915 and prothonotary

Prothonotary

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at Hull from 1901 to 1915. He died in Hull at the age of 80.

Duhamel's residence in Hull later became the Chez Henri hotel, declared a historic monument by the city of Gatineau in 2003.