Onésime Côté (August 13, 1840 – October 23, 1911) was a general merchant and political figure in

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who represented

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in the

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from 1890 to 1892 as a member of the

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. He was born in

Baie-Saint-Paul Baie-Saint-Paul ( 2011 Population 7,332; UA population 4,535) is a city in the Province of Quebec, Canada, on the northern shore of the Saint Lawrence River. Baie-Saint-Paul is the seat of Charlevoix Regional County Municipality. The city is ...

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, the son of Désiré Côté and Édith Perron, and established himself in business at Bagotville. In 1867, he married Marie-Philomène-Angèle Maltais. Côté was mayor of the northwest division of Bagot township in 1871 and 1872. He was elected in the

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, but was defeated in his re-election bid in

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. Côté died in Bagotville at the age of 71.

References

* 1840 births 1911 deaths Mayors of places in Quebec People from Baie-Saint-Paul Quebec Liberal Party MNAs {{Quebec-mayor-stub