Louis-Auguste Dupuis (August 24, 1884 – March 11, 1967) was an educator,

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and political figure in

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. He represented Kamouraska in the

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from 1909 to 1912 as a

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. He was born in

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, the son of Jules-Arthur Dupuis and Eugénie Miville Dechêne. Dupuis was the grandson of

Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis Jean-Baptiste Couillard Dupuis (August 24, 1814 – August 13, 1889) was a farmer, merchant and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1878 to 1881 as a Liberal. His surname was "Couill ...

. He was educated at the

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and the

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. He articled as a notary, qualified to practise in 1907 and set up practice in

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. In 1908, he married Marie-Éva-Berthe Raymond. Dupuis served as president of the Chambre des notaires from 1942 to 1945. He taught agricultural law at the School of Agriculture in La Pocatière from 1914 to 1943 and was professor in the faculty of agriculture at the Université Laval from 1943 to 1962. He also was secretary and manager for the Caisse populaire at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière. Dupuis served as mayor of La Pocatière from 1925 to 1936. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in a 1909 by-election held after Louis-Rodolphe Roy was named a judge. Dupis later ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in a 1920 by-election. Dupuis died in

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at the age of 82. His uncle: Alphonse-Arthur Miville Dechêne served in the Canadian House of Commons and his uncles

Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault Pamphile-Gaspard Verreault (September 6, 1832 – February 7, 1906) was a farmer, notary and political figure in Quebec. He represented L'Islet in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1867 to 1878 as a Conservative member. He was born ...

and François-Gilbert Miville Dechêne were members of the Quebec assembly.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dupuis, Louis-Auguste 1884 births 1967 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Mayors of places in Quebec