Jean-Louis Baribeau (March 19, 1893December 26, 1975) was a

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politician and a Member of the House of Commons.

Background

He was born on March 19, 1893 in

Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. This municipality is part of the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality in Batiscanie and in the administrative region of Mauri ...

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, the son of Donat Baribeau and Joséphine Lacroix, and was educated in Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan, at the Collège Sacré-Coeur in

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and at Griffin's Business College in

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. Baribeau was a merchant. He was owner and president of Donat Baribeau & Fils Ltée, president of the Renardière de Sainte-Geneviève and a director of the Quebec retail merchants association. In 1923, he married Aimée Trudel.

Municipal politics

Baribeau was mayor of Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan from 1929 to 1931, from 1937 to 1947 and from 1955 to 1957. He was also warden for Champlain County from 1936 to 1940.

Member of Parliament

Baribeau ran as a Conservative candidate in the federal district of Champlain in

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and won. However, he was defeated by

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candidate

Hervé-Edgar Brunelle Hervé-Edgar Brunelle (13 June 1891 – 15 May 1950) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Member of the Liberal Party in the 1935 election to represent the riding of Champlain. He was re-e ...

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Legislative Councillor

In 1938 he was appointed on the advice of

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Maurice Duplessis to the

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. He represented the division of

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and sat with the members of the Union Nationale. Baribeau served as

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of the Legislative Council from 1950 to 1960 and from 1966 until the institution was abolished in 1968.

Death

He died in

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on December 26, 1975.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baribeau, Jean-Louis 1893 births 1975 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Union Nationale (Quebec) MLCs Presidents of the Legislative Council of Quebec Mayors of places in Quebec People from Mauricie