Séverin Dumais was a notary

Civil law notary

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 and political figure in Quebec

Quebec

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. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay

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 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1888 to 1890 as a Parti National

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 member.

He was born in Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna

Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna, Quebec

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, Lower Canada

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, the son of Paschal Dumais

Paschal Dumais

Paschal Dumais was a notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented Rimouski in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1831.-Biography:...

 and Éléonore Couillard, and was educated at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière

Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec

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. Dumais articled with his father and then F.S. McKey, qualified to practise as a notary in 1864 and set up practice in Hébertville

Hébertville, Quebec

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. He married Honorine Gagné in 1887. Dumais was mayor of Hébertville from 1881 to 1890. In 1899, he was named a crown lands agent. He also served as a lieutenant in the militia.

Dumais ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in 1886, losing to Élie Saint-Hilaire

Élie Saint-Hilaire

Élie Saint-Hilaire was an educator, farmer and political figure in Quebec. He represented Chicoutimi-Saguenay in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1881 to 1888 as an independent conservative member....

. He was elected to the assembly in an 1888 by-election held after Saint-Hilaire's death and was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1890.

Dumais died in Hébertville at the age of 67.