Onésime Guibord (April 22, 1858 – December 11, 1937) was an

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businessman and political figure. He represented

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in the

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from 1898 to 1904 as a

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member. He was born in Saint-Rémi, Canada East in 1858, the son of Narcisse Guibord, and educated in

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. He worked as a school teacher before becoming a general merchant at

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in 1866. He was named license commissioner for Russell County in 1892. He married Symodocée Payment. Guibord was one of the founders of the newspaper

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in 1912. He died at Ottawa in 1937.

References

*''Canadian Parliamentary Guide, 1903'', AJ Magurn

External links

* 1858 births 1937 deaths Franco-Ontarian people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs People from Clarence-Rockland {{Liberal-Ontario-MPP-stub