Joseph-Napoléon Poulin (1821 – June 19, 1892) was a physician and political figure in

Canada East Canada East () was the northeastern portion of the Province of Canada. Lord Durham's Report investigating the causes of the Upper and Lower Canada Rebellions recommended merging those two colonies. The new colony, known as the Province of ...

. He was born Joseph Poulin in Sainte-Marie-de-Monnoir in

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in 1821 and practiced medicine and surgery there. In 1851, he was elected to the

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for Rouville; he was reelected in 1854. He resigned his seat in 1856 to run unsuccessfully in the Rougemont division for a seat in the

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. In 1863, he was elected again to the assembly and served until

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. He ran for the same seat in the federal parliament but was not elected. He died in Marieville in 1892. In 1843, Poulin married Josephte Bourdages, the daughter of

Rémi-Séraphin Bourdages Rémi-Séraphin Bourdages (December 25, 1799 – December 24, 1832) was a physician and political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Rouville in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1830 to 1832. He was born Jean-David Bourdages ...

and Marguerite Franchère, and the niece of

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and

Timothée Franchère Timothée Franchère (c. 1791 – October 5, 1849) was a Canadien businessman and political figure in Lower Canada and then the Province of Canada. He participated in the Lower Canada Rebellion in 1837 and fled temporarily to the United ...

. His brother

Étienne Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Artists and entertainers * ...

represented Rouville in the Quebec assembly.

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