Pierre Boutin (December 26, 1821 – December 3, 1901) was a farmer and political figure in

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. He represented Bellechasse in the

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from 1878 to 1881 as a

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. He was born in

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, the son of Pierre Boutin and Rose Morisset, and was educated there. Boutin also served as

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at Saint-Raphaël. In 1848, he married Esther Bernard. Boutin was an unsuccessful candidate in Bellechasse in an 1875 federal by-election. He was elected to the Quebec assembly in 1878, defeating the incumbent Pierre Fradet, but was defeated by Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice when he ran for reelection in 1881. Boutin died at Beauport at the age of 79 and was buried in Saint-Raphaël.

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* 1821 births 1901 deaths Quebec Liberal Party MNAs {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub