Pierre Basile Benoit was a Quebec

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 farmer and political figure. He represented Chambly in the Canadian House of Commons

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 as a Conservative

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 member from 1867 to 1874 and from 1876 to 1886.

He was born in Longueuil

Longueuil, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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 in 1837, the son of Laurent Benoit, and educated at St. Hyacinthe. Benoit, who farmed near Saint-Hubert

Saint-Hubert, Quebec

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, married Josephine Sicotte. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1871. In 1886, he resigned his seat to accept the post of superintendent for the Chambly Canal

Chambly Canal

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. He was a member of the Agricultural Council of Quebec and served as president of the Chambly Agricultural Society. In 1905, he was named Inspector of Dominion Stores for the Chambly Canal.

Benoit died in Saint-Hubert at the age of 73.