Joseph-Étienne Dussault (17 October 1884 – 25 December 1943) was a Liberal party member of the

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. He was born in Lévis, Quebec and became a contractor, editor and industrialist. Dussault was educated at the Quebec Seminary. He was a municipal politician, a councillor for Lévis, Quebec from 1911 to 1919. He was first elected to Parliament at the Lévis riding in the 1925 general election and re-elected in

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. Dussault was defeated in the 1930 election by

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of the

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, but won the seat back in the 1935 election. After completing the term of the

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, Dussault did not seek another term in the 1940 election.

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* 1884 births 1943 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec French Quebecers {{Liberal-Quebec-MP-stub