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Joseph Demers (Quebec MLA)

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Preceded by
  
David Henry Pennington

Political party
  
Succeeded by
  
Laureat Lapierre

Party
  
Born
  
November 11, 1861Sainte-Julie (Laurierville), Canada East (
1861-11-11
)

Died
  
16 August 1936, Thetford Mines, Canada

Joseph Demers (November 11, 1861 – August 16, 1936) was a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec.

Born in Sainte-Julie (Laurierville), Canada East, the son of Édouard Demers and Olympe Rousseau, Demers was educated in Sainte-Julie. He started clerking in 1877 until 1883 when he opened a general store in Thetford Mines. He was a councillor from 1890 till 1893, mayor from 1893 to 1895, and alderman from 1903 to 1905. He was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Mégantic in the 1912 election. A Liberal, he did not run in the 1916 election.

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