S̩verin Dumais (February 10, 1840 РApril 28, 1907) was a
notary
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A notary, while a legal professional, is disti ...
and political figure in
Quebec
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. He represented
Chicoutimi-Saguenay
Chicoutimi-Saguenay (or Chicoutimi et Saguenay) was a former provincial electoral district in the province of Quebec, Canada.
It was created for the 1867 Quebec general election, 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earli ...
in the
Legislative Assembly of Quebec
The Legislative Assembly of Quebec (French: ''Assemblée législative du Québec'') was the name of the lower house of Quebec's legislature from 1867 to December 31, 1968, when it was renamed the National Assembly of Quebec. At the same time, t ...
from 1888 to 1890 as a
Parti National
The Parti National was the name taken by the Liberal Party of Quebec, Canada, under the premiership of Honoré Mercier.
Origin and beliefs
It was founded on November 17, 1885, the day following the execution of Métis Leader Louis Riel. Many ...
member.
He was born in
Saint-Georges-de-Cacouna,
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...
, the son of
Paschal Dumais and Éléonore Couillard, and was educated at
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière is a parish municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumer ...
. Dumais articled with his father and then F.S. McKey, qualified to practise as a notary in 1864 and set up practice in
Hébertville
Hébertville is a municipality in Quebec, Canada.
History
Hébertville was founded in 1849 and is named for the priest Nicolas-Tolentin Hébert (1810-1888), the son of Jean-Baptiste Hébert, a Patriot representative jailed in Montreal in 183 ...
. He married Honorine Gagné in 1887. Dumais was mayor of Hébertville from 1881 to 1890. In 1899, he was named a crown lands agent. He also served as a lieutenant in the militia.
Dumais ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the Quebec assembly in
1886
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885.
* January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...
, losing to
Élie Saint-Hilaire. He was elected to the assembly in an 1888 by-election held after Saint-Hilaire's death and was defeated when he ran for reelection in
1890
Events
January–March
* January 1
** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa.
** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River.
* January 2
** The steamship ...
.
Dumais died in Hébertville at the age of 67.
References
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Members of the National Assembly of Quebec
Mayors of places in Quebec
1840 births
1907 deaths
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