Jules-Joseph-Taschereau Frémont (20 December 1855 – 28 March 1902) was a Canadian politician, author, lawyer and professor. He was a

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member of the House of Commons of Canada and a mayor of

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Biography

Frémont was born in

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, the son of doctor Charles-Jacques Frémont and Marie-Cécile Panet.''Les avocats de la région de Québec'' (1936)
Roy, PG He was educated at the Collège Sainte-Marie, at St. Francis Xavier's College in

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and the

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and was called to the Quebec bar in 1878. He later became a professor of civil law at the Université Laval.''The Canadian parliamentary companion, 1891'', AJ Gemmill
/ref> He was elected to Parliament at the Quebec County riding in the 1891 general election. After serving his term in the 7th Parliament, Frémont was defeated in the 1896 federal election by Charles Fitzpatrick, also of the Liberal party. The inaugural

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in 1894 occurred on Frémont's watch as Quebec City mayor. In 1891, Frémont married Caroline-Alix, the daughter of Joseph-Octave Beaubien, a member of the

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. Frémont died at Quebec City at the age of 46 after a long illness.

Publications

* ''Le divorce et la séparation de corps'' * ''Compendium of the Dominion Laws of Canada''

Electoral record

Notes

References

* Publications.

External links

* 1855 births 1902 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Mayors of Quebec City Lawyers in Quebec Université Laval alumni {{Quebec-mayor-stub