Paul Denis, (before 1843 – after 1866) was a lawyer and political figure in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

. He represented Beauharnois in the

Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada The Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada was the lower house of the legislature for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper C ...

from 1861 to 1866. He was born Paul Saint-Denis, possibly in

Beauharnois, Quebec Beauharnois () is a city located in the Beauharnois-Salaberry Regional County Municipality of southwestern Quebec, Canada, and is part of the Greater Montreal Area. The city's population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 12,011. It is home to t ...

. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Montréal and was admitted to the Lower Canada bar in 1858. Denis set up practice in Beauharnois. He was an unsuccessful candidate for a seat in the Canadian House of Commons in 1867. Denis was named

Queen's Counsel In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, a King's Counsel (Post-nominal letters, post-nominal initials KC) during the reign of a king, or Queen's Counsel (post-nominal initials QC) during the reign of ...

in June 1867.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Denis, Paul Year of death missing Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada from Canada East Year of birth uncertain People from Beauharnois, Quebec Canadian King's Counsel French Quebecers