Louis-François Dunière (July 11, 1754 – August 29, 1828) was a businessman and political figure in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada () was a British colonization of the Americas, British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence established in 1791 and abolished in 1841. It covered the southern portion o ...

. He was born in the town of Quebec in 1754, the son of Louis Dunière. Dunière was elected to the

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for Hertford in 1796, after his father retired from politics. As his father had in the 1792 assembly, Louis-François proposed Jean-Antoine Panet as speaker. Dunière settled at Berthier. He was a justice of the peace and served as major in the local militia during the

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. He died in Pointe-du-Lac in 1828.

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* 1754 births 1828 deaths Pre-Confederation Quebec people Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Canadian justices of the peace {{Quebec-MNA-stub