Louis Sainte-Marie was a Quebec

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 merchant and political figure. He represented Napierville

Napierville (electoral district)

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1887 to 1890 as a Liberal

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 member and Napierville

Napierville (provincial electoral district)

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1890 to 1897 as a Liberal and then Conservative member.

He was born in St-Constant

Saint-Constant, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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, the son of Louis Sainte-Marie and Rose Dupuis. Saint-Marie was educated at Beauharnois

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 and entered business as a merchant at Saint-Rémi

Saint-Rémi, Quebec

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. He was a captain in the militia, serving during the Fenian raids

Fenian raids

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. In 1861, he married Précille Caron. Sainte-Marie served on the town council for Saint-Rémi and was mayor from 1877 to 1882. In 1890, he resigned his seat in the House of Commons and was elected to the Quebec assembly as a Liberal. He was elected as a Conservative in 1892; Sainte-Marie was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1897. He died in Saint-Rémi at the age of 80.