Désiré Olivier Bourbeau (21 September 1834 – 21 December 1900) was a

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and

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. The son of L. Bourbeau and Édesse Gauvreau, Bourbeau established himself as a merchant in

Victoriaville Victoriaville () is a town in south-central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec (Bois-Francs) region. It is formed by the 1993 merger of ...

. He married M.B. Bouchard. Bourbeau was a director of the Arthabaska Building Society, the Arthabaska Agricultural Society and the Mutual Insurance Company. He was elected to the

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in 1877 in a by-election as a Member of the Conservative Party to represent the riding of

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. He was re-elected in

1878 Events January * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War: Battle of Shipka Pass IV – Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Russo-Turkish War: ...

and

1882 Events January * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in New York at the ...

. Besides his federal political career, he was also

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of Arthabaska,

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Electoral record

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* 1834 births 1900 deaths Conservative Party of Canada (1867–1942) MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Mayors of Victoriaville Place of death missing 19th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 19th-century mayors of places in Quebec {{Quebec-mayor-stub