Louis-Philippe Fiset (11 January 1854 – 4 September 1934) was a local physician and politician in the
Mauricie
Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making it a prime tourist location. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km² (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...
area. He served as
Member of the Legislative Assembly from 1900 to 1908.
He was born in 1854 in
Saint-Cuthbert, Quebec
Saint-Cuthbert is a municipality in the Lanaudière region of Quebec, Canada, part of the D'Autray Regional County Municipality.
Demographics
Population trend:
* Population in 2011: 1839 (2006 to 2011 population change: -5.1%)
* Population in 200 ...
.
Politics
He unsuccessfully ran as a
Liberal candidate in the district of
Trois-Rivières in
1896
Events
January–March
* January 2 – The Jameson Raid comes to an end, as Jameson surrenders to the Boers.
* January 4 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
* January 5 – An Austrian newspaper reports that Wil ...
, and served as mayor of
Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan from 1898 to 1900.
In
1900
As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...
, Fiset became the
Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly for the district of
Saint-Maurice. He was re-elected in
1904
Events
January
* January 7 – The distress signal ''CQD'' is established, only to be replaced 2 years later by ''SOS''.
* January 8 – The Blackstone Library is dedicated, marking the beginning of the Chicago Public Library system.
* ...
, but did not run for re-election
1908
Events
January
* January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica.
* January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...
.
During his tenure, the city of
Shawinigan
Shawinigan () is a city located on the Saint-Maurice River in the Mauricie area in Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 49,349 as of the 2016 Canadian census.
Shawinigan is also a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) an ...
was incorporated.
After retirement
Fiset died in
Montreal in 1934. Rue Fiset (Fiset Street) in Saint-Boniface-de-Shawinigan was named to honour him.
References
1854 births
1934 deaths
Mayors of places in Quebec
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
People from Mauricie
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