Louis-Joseph Moll (August 24, 1816 – August 5, 1872) was a physician and political figure in

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. He represented Berthier in the

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from 1867 to 1871 as a Conservative. He was born in Notre-Dame de Montréal,

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, the son of Jean-Marie Moll and Catherine-Louise Finchley, and was educated at the Collège de Montréal and the

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. In 1841, he married Marie-Joséphine-Valérie, the daughter of Joseph Bondy, dit Douaire. He returned to Quebec in 1845 and entered the practice of medicine at Berthier. Moll was a

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and a commissioner for the trial of small causes. He was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1871. Moll died in Berthier at the age of 55. His daughter Elmire married

Eugène Lafontaine Pierre Eugène Lafontaine (November 26, 1857 – April 21, 1935) was a lawyer, educator, judge and political figure in Quebec. He represented Napierville in the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1890 as a Liberal. He was born in ...

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