Louis-Zéphirin Joncas (26 July 1846 – 28 March 1903) was a

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civil servant, journalist and politician. Born in Grande-Rivière,

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, the son of Léon Joncas and Esther Beaudin, Joncas was educated at the Collège Masson in

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and studied law in

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. He came back to Grande-Rivière to help his family financially and was a teacher. He later worked as an accountant, general agent, and manager of the Gaspé Fishing Company in Grande-Rivière. From 1876 to 1887, he was the sheriff for Gaspé county. He was elected to the

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for the electoral district of Gaspé in the 1887 federal election. A

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, he was re-elected by acclamation in the 1891 election. He did not run in the 1896 election. From 1892 to 1897, he was also the editor of the newspaper ''L’Événement''. In 1896, he was appointed superintendent of fisheries and game by Quebec premier

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. He served in this post until his death in Quebec City in 1903.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joncas, Louis 1846 births 1903 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec French Quebecers