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Louis Napoléon Champagne (November 21, 1860 – October 15, 1911) was a lawyer, judge and political figure in
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. He represented
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in the
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from 1897 to 1904 as a
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. He was born in Saint-Eustache,
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, the son of Charles Champagne and his wife Aglaé. He was educated at the Séminaire de Saint-Hyacinthe and the
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. Champagne was admitted to the Quebec bar in 1882 and set up practice in Hull. He served as solicitor for the town of Hull and was mayor in 1893 and 1896. Champagne was also bâtonnier for Ottawa district. He was first elected to the House of Commons in an 1897 by-election held after
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was named trade commissioner to Ireland. Champagne was reelected in the 1900 federal election. In 1904, he was the named judge in the
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for the newly formed Pontiac district. He was transferred to the Ottawa district in 1910. He died in
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at the age of 50.Roy, P
''Les juges de la province de Québec'' (1933)
p. 111


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1860 births 1911 deaths Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Judges in Quebec Mayors of Hull, Quebec People from Saint-Eustache, Quebec Université Laval alumni French Quebecers {{Quebec-mayor-stub