Élie Mailloux was a Quebec

Quebec

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 farmer, clerk and political figure. He represented Témiscouata

Témiscouata (electoral district)

Témiscouata was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1979....

 in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec

Legislative Assembly of Quebec

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 from 1867 to 1872 and in the Canadian House of Commons

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 from 1872 to 1874 as a Conservative

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 member.

He was born in Cacouna, Lower Canada

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, the son of Antoine Mailloux, and studied at the college in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. In 1858, he married Apolline Dionne. Mailloux served as secretary-treasurer for Témiscouata County from 1865 to 1873 and for the communities of Viger and Saint-Arsène

Saint-Arsène, Quebec

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. He also served in the same post for the Saint-Arsène school board. In 1875, he was appointed registrar for Témiscouata County. He died in Saint-Arsène in 1893.