Norbert Dumas (October 22, 1812 – April 19, 1869) was a lawyer and political figure in

Canada East Canada East (french: links=no, Canada-Est) was the northeastern portion of the United Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new ...

. He represented Leinster in the

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from 1848 to 1851. He was born in

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, the son of Antoine Dumas and Marie-Rose Roy, was admitted to the Lower Canada bar in 1834 and set up practice in

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. In 1844, he married Magdeleine-Émilie-Alphonsine, the daughter of Joseph Roy. Dumas did not run for reelection to the assembly in 1851. In 1854, he was named

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. He died in Montreal at the age of 56.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dumas, Norbert 1812 births 1869 deaths Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East People from Terrebonne, Quebec