Olaüs Thérien was a lawyer, editor and political figure in Quebec

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. He represented Montcalm

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 in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1887 to 1891 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines

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, Canada East

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, the son of Pierre Thérien and Claire Derouin, and was educated at the Petit Séminaire de Saint-Thérèse and Université Laval

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. He was called to the Quebec bar in 1885. Thérien was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1891.