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Firmin Dugas

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Preceded by
  
Joseph Dufresne

Died
  
March 16, 1889

Political party
  
Conservative

Succeeded by
  
Olaus Therien

Name
  
Firmin Dugas

Resigned
  
1887

Role
  
Political figure


Firmin Dugas

Born
  
March 8, 1830 Rawdon, Lower Canada (
1830-03-08
)

Party
  
Conservative Party of Canada

Residence
  
Saint-Liguori, Quebec, Canada

Children
  
Joseph Louis Euclide Dugas

Firmin Dugas (March 8, 1830 – March 16, 1889) was a Quebec businessman and political figure. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons representing Montcalm from 1871 to 1887 and in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1874.

He was born in Rawdon Township, Lower Canada in 1830 and studied at Collège de l'Assomption. Dugas owned and operated several sawmills and flour mills at Saint-Liguori. He was mayor of Saint-Liguori from 1860 to 1862. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in 1867; he was elected to the House of Commons in an 1871 by-election after Joseph Dufresne resigned his seat to accept a post as sheriff. Dugas resigned his seat in the Quebec assembly in 1874 when it became illegal to hold seats in both houses.

He died at Saint-Liguori in 1889.

His son Joseph-Louis-Euclide also later represented Montcalm in the House of Commons.

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